WA SB5575

Restructures RCW 26.09.191 to establish clearer categories of conduct requiring mandatory residential time limitations (willful abandonment, physical abuse, domestic violence history, sexual assault) versus conduct that may result in discretionary limitations (neglect, substance abuse, impaired emotional ties, abusive use of conflict)

Creates new Section 2 specifically governing parenting plan limitations when a parent or household member has been convicted of sex offenses against children or found to have sexually abused a child, including rebuttable presumptions requiring no contact and detailed requirements for rebutting those presumptions

Establishes a presumption that supervised visitation should be provided by professional supervisors rather than lay persons, with exceptions for geographic isolation or financial indigency demonstrated by fee waiver eligibility

Requires courts to make detailed written findings when both parents are subject to limitations, comparing relative risk of harm to the child posed by each parent, and explaining any deviations from mandatory limitations

Defines key terms including "abusive use of conflict," "protective actions," and "willful abandonment," clarifying that good-faith reports to authorities about abuse and legitimate protective actions cannot be used as evidence of abusive conflict