Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Re: No contact order

First: Please never take legal advice from a police officer. He's not a lawyer, and more important, he's not a judge.

A threat is a threat. You may well have a basis to ask for an anti-harassment order against the ex, if the threat was sufficient, and you are reasonably apprehensive about your safety.

When your ex got custody, did she tell anybody about her ex's conduct and that she was scared and that he was threatening her?

If yes, then there should be protective orders entered in the parentage/dissolution action. If no, then she has to rely on threats that have happened since the action was finalized or 'splain to the court why she changed her tune about the ex.

Getting protection orders AFTER an amicable parentage/disso makes the court think that your ex was not truthful with the court.

It's more complicated than you think. Please go talk to a local family law attorney and get some actual advice.

Elizabeth Powell

Re: No contact order

From your statement there doesn't appear to be any reason to restrict access to the children, and courts are loath to interfere in a parenting plan without substantial evidence to make a modification. Full custody is not defined under Washington law, and I don't know what you mean by it, so I can't really say anything about how it affects anything else.