Child Custody Outcomes in Washington State
The Washington State Center for Court Research published a report regarding Residential Time Summary Reports filed in Washington state from July 2009 through June 2010. You may view the Residential Time Report to find out many statistics about parenting plans and child custody outcomes in Washington state.
Across the entire sample, results indicated that nearly two-thirds of children (65%) were scheduled to spend more time with their mother than their father. Eighteen percent (18%) of the residential schedules involved an equal division of time, while 17% of the children were scheduled to spend more time with their fathers. The most common residential schedules, each occurring 18% of the time, were for children to spend equal amounts of time with both parents, or 70% or 80% of the time with their mother.
Some of the article highlights include:
- Residential Time of Children (All Cases)
- Residential Time of Children (No Risk Factors)
- Percentage of Cases Involving Risk Factors (Abuse/Neglect, Chemical Dependency, Domestic Violence, Mental Heal Issues, and Other)
- Percentage of Fathers and Mothers with Full Custody
- Percentage of Parents with a Risk Factor who received no residential time
- Residential Time by Type of Parenting Plan Decision
- Residential Time by Type of Representation (Self Represented, with Attorney, etc)
- Residential Time by County