IN RE MARRIAGE OF RIDEOUT

No. 72366-4.

77 P.3d 1174 (2003)

150 Wash.2d 337

In the Matter of the MARRIAGE OF John Christopher RIDEOUT, Respondent, and Sara Dixon Rideout, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 2, 2003.

As Amended October 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ascher & Denton, Melissa Denton, Tumwater, for Petitioner.

Connolly Tacon & Meserve, Charles Szurszewski, Olympia, Wiggins Law Office, Charles Wiggins, Kenneth Masters, Bainbridge Is, for Respondent.

Matthew I. Cooper on behalf of Washington State National Organization for Women, amicus curiae.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Catherine Wright Smith and Debra L. Stephens on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Foundation, amicus curiae.


ALEXANDER, C.J.

Christopher Rideout initiated a contempt proceeding in superior court against his former wife, Sara Rideout. In it he alleged that Sara demonstrated a pattern of interference with residential time with their children to which Christopher was entitled pursuant to a court approved parenting plan and a subsequent court order establishing a summer residential schedule. After a hearing, the superior court held Sara in contempt for what it concluded was...

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