Washington State Age Child Can Choose Parent Live. A child may choose the child s residence when the child is 18. Children under 18 may express their desire of with which parent the children want to live.
In wa a child can choose with whom to live when the child becomes a legal adult or when the child is emancipated. A 10 year old might prefer to live with his mother because she has for weeks indulged his every whim. A court can consider the opinion of an appropriately mature child but how is that going to happen.
While i cannot speak to the laws of other states under washington state law an unemancipated person under the age of 18 does not have the ability to make their own residential decisions.
A child can not by law choose who they wish to live with in the state of washington. Minor children are not considered capable of making such decisions for themselves and are not permitted to choose living with one parent over another. What age can a child refuse visitation in washington. A court can consider the opinion of an appropriately mature child but how is that going to happen.