RCW 26.16.125
Custody of children.
Henceforth the rights and responsibilities of the parents in the absence of misconduct shall be equal, and one parent shall be as fully entitled to the custody, control and earnings of the children as the other parent, and in case of one parent's death, the other parent shall come into full and complete control of the children and their estate.
[ 2008 c 6 § 640; Code 1881 § 2399; 1879 p 151 § 2; RRS § 6907. Formerly RCW 26.20.020.]
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Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 26.16 - Rights and Liabilities—Community Property.
26.16.010 - Separate property of spouse.
26.16.020 - Separate property of domestic partner.
26.16.030 - Community property defined—Management and control.
26.16.040 - Community realty subject to liens, execution.
26.16.050 - Conveyances between spouses or domestic partners.
26.16.060 - Power of attorney between spouses or domestic partners.
26.16.070 - Powers of attorney as to separate estate.
26.16.080 - Execution of conveyance under power.
26.16.090 - Powers of attorney as to community estate.
26.16.095 - Purchaser of community real property protected by record title.
26.16.100 - Claim of spouse or domestic partner in community realty to be filed.
26.16.110 - Cloud on title—Removal.
26.16.120 - Agreements as to status.
26.16.125 - Custody of children.
26.16.140 - Earnings and accumulations of spouses or domestic partners living apart, minor children.
26.16.150 - Rights of married persons or domestic partners in general.
26.16.160 - Civil disabilities of wife abolished.
26.16.180 - Spouses or domestic partners may sue each other.
26.16.190 - Liability for acts of other spouse or other domestic partner.
26.16.205 - Liability for family support—Support obligation of stepparent.
26.16.210 - Burden of proof in transactions between spouses or domestic partners.
26.16.220 - Quasi-community property defined.