and so in Washington state they really

focus on um the parenting plan and

residential time so when it comes to

custody they’re looking at who has um a

majority of the time or up to 51% of the

time um when looking at the parenting

plan they look at what’s in the best

interest of the child and particularly

when looking to the best interest of the

child they’re looking to um what was the

historical status quo during the

marriage or the relationship um who did

a little bit more of the duties

pertaining to going to doctor’s visits

um going to teacher conferences and

things like that post separation they

look to the length of the separation and

what was the status quo post separation

what was the agreements that the parties

reached amongst themselves um that

signifies to the court at least on a

temporary basis the parties agreed or

acquiesced to this parenting plan that

they’ve been doing post separation was

in the best interest of the child so

they are really the overarching question

is what’s in the best interest of the

child and they look to the facts

surrounding that