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IN RE MARRIAGE OF LITTLEFIELD

No. 64471-3.

940 P.2d 1362 (1997)

133 Wash.2d 39

In re the MARRIAGE OF Edmund W. LITTLEFIELD, Jr., Respondent, and Charissa L.D. Littlefield, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards, Sieh, Hathaway, Smith & Goodfriend, Catherine W. Smith, Cynthia Whitaker, Seattle, for Appellant.

Frank W. Birkholz, V. Lee Rees, Seattle, Charles K. Wiggins, Bainbridge Island, for Respondent.

Cathy J. Zavis, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of the Northwest Women's Laws Center.

GUY, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether a trial court entering an initial parenting plan has authority to order the primary residential parent of a child to live in a particular geographic area in order to facilitate frequent contact between the child and the other parent. We hold that under the Parenting Act of 1987, Laws of 1987, ch. 460, a trial court has no such authority. We also hold that a trial court is not bound by parenting plan provisions contained...

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