The Brewer Firm

This week, I'm honored to present to D.R.A.W. on the WA Legislature's activities this session. Family Law bills included a complex rewrite of RCW 26.09.191 which addresses limitations (mandatory and discretionary) in parenting plans. They added another section to break out sexual abuse. Another bill expanded the child support schedule from a top family income of $12,000 to $50,000 let month 🤔. The legislature continued to tinker with the DV statutes, not always in a good way i.m.o.

The new "Coercive Control" law (eff. July 2022) lists certain activities that are now "presumptive" evidence of domestic violence. Sometimes these actions are truly menacing, but sometimes they are not. Be familiar with the list and don't go into a DVPO hearing unprepared.

RCW 7.105.010: Definitions.