STATE v. VELIZ

No. 85860-8.

298 P.3d 75 (2013)

176 Wn.2d 849

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Jose R. VELIZ, Jr., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Paul Trejo Jr. , The Trejo Law Firm, Yakima, WA, Julian Elizabeth Trejo , Trejo Law Offices, Mercer Island, WA, for Petitioner.

David Wayne Corkrum , Attorney at Law, Maureen R. Lorincz , Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, Office of Franklin Co. Pros., Attorney at Law, Pasco, WA, for Respondent.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Jody Nicholas Duvall , K & L Gates LLP, David J. Ward , Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Legal Voice, Washington State Coalition Again, Northwest Justice Project.


WIGGINS, J.

¶ 1 In this case we must decide whether a domestic violence protection order that includes a child visitation provision qualifies as a "court-ordered parenting plan," a necessary element under a specific provision of Washington's first degree custodial interference statute, RCW 9A.40.060(2). We conclude that it does not because the legislature created the phrase "court-ordered parenting plan" as a term of art that refers specifically to a document...

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