- There was no such thing as "shared parenting".
ONLY SHARED LEGAL CUSTODY HERE, WHICH REALLY MEANS VERY LITTLE BECAUSE THE DOCTORS STILL WON'T LET YOU TAKE THEM TO THE DOCTOR UNLESS MOM SAYS OK
- NCPs were considered to be "visitors" in their child(ren)'s lives...hense the term "visitation".STILL TERMED VISITATION IN WA. EVEN IF IT WASN'T...IT'S THE SAME THING HERE.
- There was no such thing as a "Parenting Plan", the NCP got EOW and whatever other time the CP gave them.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET IN WA....EOW AND A FEW DAYS DURING SPRING AND SUMMER BREAK.
- There was no such thing as a "Parenting Time Adjustment"...you paid full child support regardless of how much time you had the child(ren). YUP...EVEN IF YOU HAVE 40% PARENTINT TIME HERE IN WA...JUST TRY AND GET A CREDIT IN YOUR CS...NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IT IS DISCRETIONARY ONLY, NO FORMULAS TO REDUCE THE CS.
- There was no such thing as "Parenting Time Enforcement"...nobody cared; NCPs were excepted to pay and shut up. NOT MUCH HAPPENS IF THERE IS 'CUSTODIAL INTERFERRENCE'. CAN'T DISRUPT THE CHILD'S SCHOOL TIME SO NO MAKE UP TIME IS ORDERED AND CP JUST GETS A WARNING.
If you want to have a REAL discussion involving "inequities"...let's talk about the Bradley Amendment.
YOUR POINT JUST MAKES ME MORE AWARE HOW MANY STATES ARE SO BEHIND AND ARE STILL SO UNFAIR. I REALLY HATE LIVING IN WA. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES BILLS ARE INTRODUCED, THEY JUST DIE. WA IS CONTROLLED BY LIBERAL DEMOCRAT WOMEN WHO FIGHT TO KEEP ALL THOSE ABUSIVE MEN IN CHECK SO THEY DON'T INTERFERE OR INCONVENIENCE THE LIVES OF WOMEN.
I FEEL THIS WAY AND I AM A WOMAN. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW INEQUITABLE IT WAS HERE UNTIL I STARTED TO SEE WHAT MY CURRENT HUSBAND HAD TO GO THROUGH. AND ALSO WITH THOSE FALSE ASSAULT CHARGES BEING PRESSED AGAINST ME I HAD THE PLEASURE OF FINDING OUT HOW BIASED THE TOWARD MEN THE 'DOMESTIC VIOLENCE' LAWS ARE HERE. YOU TRUELY ARE GUILTY EVEN BEFORE A CASE IS PROVED AGAINST YOU. I HAD TO DO A DV EVAL AND COULDN'T EVEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY BECAUSE I WAS A WOMAN AND NOT A MAN.
OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION JUST ENDED, BUT I THINK I'LL START WRITING SOME LETTERS SO MAYBE WE WILL GET SOME BILLS INTRODUCED FOR THE NEXT SESSION. MY WA GOV REPS ARE VERY NICE AND ALWAYS RESPOND, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONES THAT SIT ON THE COMMITTEES THAT DISCUSS AND DECIDE WHICH BILLS LIVE AND WHICH ONES DIE. SIGH!