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IN RE CUSTODY OF SHIELDS

No. 75263-0.

136 P.3d 117 (2006)

157 Wash.2d 126

In the Matter of the CUSTODY OF SHIELDS, DOB: 11/14/90 Jenny Shields, Respondent, and Susan Harwood, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary R. Stenzel, Gary R. Stenzel PS, Spokane, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Lee Russell McGuire, Jr., Attorney at Law, Davenport, for Appellee/Respondent.

MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 C.W.S. was removed from his mother's home in 2003 when the trial court awarded custody to his stepmother. Petitioner Susan Harwood (mother) is challenging the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the trial court's order awarding custody of her son to Respondent Jenny Shields (stepmother). Harwood argues that Shields lacked standing to bring this nonparental custody action, that under chapter 26.10 RCW, nonparental actions for child custody, a court...

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