Spokane Child Custody & Parenting Plan Attorney

Few things matter more than your relationship with your children. Washington does not use the word "custody" in the traditional sense — instead, courts enter a Parenting Plan that allocates residential time and decision-making between parents.

We help Spokane parents pursue parenting plans that reflect their children's best interests while preserving the time and authority that matter most to them.

How Washington decides parenting arrangements

Courts focus on the best interests of the child, weighing each parent's relationship with the child, each parent's ability to provide stability, the child's needs, and the parents' ability to cooperate. The result is a Parenting Plan covering the residential schedule, holidays, transportation, and how major decisions (education, health care, religion) are made.

What a parenting plan includes

• A residential schedule for school weeks, weekends, holidays, and summers
• Allocation of decision-making authority
• A dispute-resolution process
• Provisions addressing relocation and transportation

Protecting your role as a parent

Whether you are establishing a first parenting plan or responding to one proposed by the other parent, we advocate for an arrangement that keeps you meaningfully involved in your child's life and reflects what is truly best for them.

Frequently asked questions