Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Re: Perjury

Well, there is a fairly large intervening problem with your question - namely, that there is a concept called "judicial privledge" which absolutely protects statements made (even those made under penalty of perjury) in testimony or otherwise to a court.

Sounds counterintuitive, I know.

But the remedy for testimony that is a complete fabrication is cross examination. The trial court has to make the call as to whether the deponent/witness is credible or not. The trial court is supposed to enter findings of fact based upon the trial court's assessment of the evidence.

If a litigant does not agree with the court's decision the remedy is to appeal it to the Court of Appeals.

All that said, there is a mechanism (CR60) to request the Court reconsider or vacate a decision even way after it was entered if there is new evidence that would be likely to make the Court make a different decision. This is predicated on the moving party being able to demonstrate that the new evidence was NOT available at the time of trial.

This is a serious charge you are making. A court could take it seriously, or decide that you have not made a credible case for what you are claiming.

I can't tell on the basis of what you provided only, I'd need to know a lot more.

Hope that helps. Elizabeth Powell