Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

If custodial dad dies, can I, the stepmother get custody over the bio-mother if the mother has been proven to be unfit and the bio-mother has little to no contact with children and no stability (ie. moves from place to place)??


Asked on 9/29/10, 2:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Christopher Steuart IT Forensics, Inc.

Potentially, yes. But the default is the biological mother. So if you have a concern about this, the father should be taking appropriate action to establish the facts and result you would want.

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Answered on 10/05/10, 9:54 pm


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