Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Re: change in custody

Eighteen. Before that it is up to the parents or the Court.

In WA, courts do not want to hear from children, and children who say terrible things to their guardians ad litem about the parent they live with are sometimes not believed.

The GAL is the interface with the Court, not the child. Court's rationale is that being a child whose parents are fighting is bad enough without the parents brainwashing the child to hate the other parent.

Elizabeth Powell