Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Re: help me and my son please

In order to demonstrate adequate cause to modify an existing parenting plan, you have to be able to show a substantial change in the circumstances of the non-moving party or the child that would warrant a modification.

If the doctor is willing to write, that would be helpful but not dispositive.

Don't ask the child to write a statement; judges hate that.

Modifications require a showing of substantial evidence in order to proceed, because the court is loathe to toss out a parenting plan and make a new one and move children. Your case will also be a substantial hardship on the child's mother, so be prepared to pay her attorney fees and costs in the event you are unsuccessful.

Hope this helps. Powell

Re: help me and my son please

If the mother is not agreeable, you go to court and file a Petition for Parenting Plan or a Petition to Modify an existing parenting plan.

Normally an attorney's help is best, but the forms are available on the WA Supreme Court website.