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MATTER OF CUSTODY OF L.M.S.

No. 92897-5.

387 P.3d 707 (2017)

In the MATTER OF the CUSTODY OF L.M.S. Faualuga Siufanua and Billie Siufanua, Petitioners, v. Tony Samoa Fuga and Lisa Lynnett Siufanua, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, EN BANC.

Filed January 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Anne Carlsen , McKinley Irvin, 1201 Pacific Ave., Ste. 2000, Tacoma, WA, 98402-4314, for Petitioners.

Brian Patrick Edwards , Pivotal Law Group, 1200 5th Ave., Ste. 1217, Seattle, WA, 98101-3132, Philip Colin Tsai , Tsai Law Company PLLC, 2101 4th Ave., Ste. 2200, Seattle, WA, 98121-2332, Sherrie Bennett , Goldberg & Jones, 1200 Westlake Ave. N., Ste. 700, Seattle, WA, 98109-3529, for Respondents.

¶ 1 Before a trial on the merits of a nonparental custody petition, the petitioner must satisfy a threshold requirement of "adequate cause" by showing that the biological parent is either unfit or that placing the child in the parent's custody would result in actual detriment to the child's growth and development. RCW 26.10...

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