On our road trips to Olympia on January 26th and February 10th, our group delivered NPO packets of shared parenting materials and a combined 140 copies of The Boy Crisis to nearly all legislators (some refuse all paper) and Gov. Jay Inslee. We met with legislators including Rep. Walsh, Rep. Jacobsen, and Sen. Fortunato and appreciate their support of shared parenting. We also met with legislative aides for many several other legislators (Sen. Lovick,
With yesterday being the legislative cutoff for this legislative session, we now have another 11 months to wait before new legislation can be introduced again.
Our hope is that the books and materials are thoughtfully read and contemplated by legislators so that we can make progress in getting a bipartisan bill introduced and supported. National Parents Organization has graded Washington State a ‘F’ in its 2022 Child Support and Shared Parenting Report Card because Washington is a winner-take-all state when it comes to custody and money.
If the Washington State Legislature would pass a bill that addresses the unnecessary conflict over custody and money, Washington State could see a 25% decrease in domestic violence rates based on the recent shared parenting success in Kentucky.