(1) A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing:

Terms Used In Washington Code 26.27.431

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or
(b) The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.
(2) If a court of this state makes an order under subsection (1)(b) of this section, it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in Article 2. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.