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IN RE PARENTAGE OF M.F.

No. 58658-1-I.

170 P.3d 601 (2007)

In re the Parentage of M.F., (DOB: 12-15-93), Child, and John Corbin, Respondent/Step-Father, Patricia Reimen, Appellant/Mother, Edward Frazier, Respondent/Father.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

November 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Jill Torgerson, Brewe Layman, Everett, WA, Catherine Wright Smith, Valerie A. Villacin, Edwards, Sieh, Smith & Goodfriend PS, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

James Davis Shipman, Podrasky Shipman & Shields, Everett, WA, Patricia S. Novotny, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Edwin Frazier, pro se.

Christine Wakefield Nichols, pro se.

COX, J.

¶ 1 The primary issue in this case is whether John Corbin has a cause of action as a de facto parent for residential time with M.F., his former stepdaughter.1 We hold that he does not. We must also decide whether the existing parenting plan governing residential time with M.F. may be modified without the statutorily required showing of adequate cause.2 We hold that a showing of adequate cause is...

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