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State v. LaCaze

Citations

  • 630 P.2d 436
  • 95 Wash. 2d 760
  • 1981 Wash. LEXIS 1084

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The statutory right to equal custody does not give parents ‘legal authority’ to engage in such conduct”
  • unless parent has lost right to custody of children, cannot be convicted of second degree kidnapping
  • parent who takes children out of state, where there was no evidence that he did not have the right to custody, is not guilty of kidnapping

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Judges: Dimmick, Brachtenbach, Dolliver

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