Washington Order Restraining

Motion for Temporary Order Preventing Move with Children (Relocation)

Superior Court of Washington, County of

In re:

Petitioner/s (as listed on the parenting/custody order):

And Respondent/s (as listed on the parenting/custody order):

No.

Motion for Temporary Order Preventing Move with Children (Relocation)

To both parties:

Deadline! Your papers must be filed and served by the deadline in your county’s Local Court Rules, or by the State Court Rules if there is no local rule. Court Rules and forms are online at www.courts.wa.gov.

If you want the court to consider your side, you must:

▪ File your original documents with the Superior Court Clerk; AND

▪ Give the Judge/Commissioner a copy of your papers (if required by your county’s Local Court Rules); AND

▪ Have a copy of your papers served on all other parties or their lawyers; AND

▪ Go to the hearing.

The court may not allow you to testify at the motion hearing. Read your county’s Local Court Rules, if any.

Bring proposed orders to the hearing.

To the person filing this motion:

You must schedule a hearing on this motion. You may use the Notice of Hearing (form FL All Family 185) unless your county’s Local Court Rules require a different form. Contact the court for scheduling information.

To the person receiving this motion:

If you do not agree with the requests in this motion, file a statement (using form FL All Family 135, Declaration) explaining why the court should not approve those requests. You may file other written proof supporting your side.

1. My name is .

2. I have a court order giving me a legal right to spend time with the following children:

3. The other parent (or non-parent custodian) (check one):

plans to move with the children on (date):

has already moved with the children on (date):

4. Objection

I have filed (or am filing with this motion) an Objection about Moving with Children and Petition about Changing a Parenting/Custody Order (Relocation) (form FL Relocate 721).

5. Request

I ask the Court to order the other parent (or non-parent custodian) to (check all that apply):

not move with the children.

return the children.

Warning to the parent (or non-parent custodian) who intends to move!

If the hearing on this motion is scheduled to be held within 15 days of the day you are served with the Objection about Moving, you must not move with the children before the hearing unless the special circumstances described in RCW 26.09.460(3) apply.

6. Late or no notice of move

Does not apply.

I have not received a Notice of Intent to Move with Children from the other parent (or non-parent custodian).

I received a Notice of Intent to Move with Children from the other parent (or non-parent custodian) on (date): .

This is late notice because I received it after the legal deadline and without good legal reasons to justify delay. (See RCW 26.09.440.)

I was substantially prejudiced by the late notice or lack of notice. (Explain how getting late notice or no notice put you in an unfair position):

7. Move happened without agreement, court order or proper notice

Does not apply.

The other parent (or non-parent custodian) already moved with the children and:

▪ I did not agree to the move;

▪ There was no court order allowing the move; and

▪ The other parent (or non-parent custodian) did not give proper notice of the move.

8. Move unlikely to be approved

Does not apply.

The court is unlikely to approve the planned move at trial. Even though the law presumes that the move will be allowed, I can show that the move would cause more harm to the children than good to the children and the parent (or non-parent custodian) who wants to move. My reasons for believing this are based on the factors in RCW 26.09.520, as explained in my Objection.

9. No reason to move now

Does not apply.

Whether or not the move will be approved at trial, the circumstances don’t justify allowing the move before the court makes a final decision.

Explain:

10. Active duty military

(The federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act covers: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard members on active duty; National Guard members under a call to active service for more than 30 days in a row; and commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and NOAA. The state Service Members’ Civil Relief Act covers Washington state residents who are National Guard or Reserve members under a call to active service for more than 30 days in a row, and their dependents.)

None of the other parties are covered by the state or federal Service Members Civil Relief Acts.

is covered by the state state federal Service Members Civil Relief Act.

For persons covered only by the state act – Military duty may keep the service member or dependent from responding or coming to the hearing on this motion. I ask the court to approve temporary orders even if the covered person asks for a stay or doesn’t respond. It would be very unfair (a manifest injustice) not to make temporary orders now because:

11. Other information (if any)

Person filing this motion fills out below

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington that the facts I have provided on this form are true.

Signed at (city and state): Date:

I agree to accept legal papers for this case at (check one):

my lawyer’s address, listed below.

the following address (this does not have to be your home address):

(Optional) email:

(If this address changes before the case ends, you must notify all parties and the court clerk in writing. You may use the Notice of Address Change form (FL All Family 120). You must also update your Confidential Information Form (FL All Family 001) if this case involves parentage or child support.)

Lawyer (if any) fills out below:

Email (if applicable):

Warning! Documents filed with the court are available for anyone to see unless they are sealed. Financial, medical, and confidential reports, as described in General Rule 22, must be sealed so they can only be seen by the court, the other party, and the lawyers in your case. Seal those documents by filing them separately, using a Sealed cover sheet (form FL All Family 011, 012, or 013). You may ask for an order to seal other documents.