Wenatchee: INJUSTICE
I am doing everything I can, to protect my 4 year old daughter.
Rebecca was taken from Washington state illegally in
July of 1998 by her non custodial mother.
Her mother has made false allegations against me.
Allegations that were heard, and dismissed in a
Washington court. Meanwhile a court in King county
was issuing an arrest warrant for Theresa Endicott,
Rebecca's mother. For unrelated crime. Theresa
left Washington state to avoid jail time in King
county.
I have co-operated fully with CPS, and law enforcement.
I have passed a poly-graph concerning these allegations.
I still have legal custody of Rebecca. The courts of
Washington state have not restricted my access to
Rebecca. The court has in fact issued several civil
orders demanding the return of Rebecca Briggs to me,
Jeff Briggs, her father.
The prosecutor in Chelan county sent the letter below to
my attorney. The law is clear. Please judge for yourself.
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RCW 9A.40.060
Custodial interference in the first degree. (1)
A relative of a child under the age of eighteen
or of an incompetent person is guilty of custodial
interference in the first degree if, with the intent
to deny access to the child or incompetent person by
a parent, guardian, institution, agency, or other
person having a lawful right to physical custody of
such person, the relative takes, entices, retains,
detains, or conceals the child or incompetent person
from a parent, guardian, institution, agency, or other
person having a lawful right to physical custody of
such person and:
(a) Intends to hold the child or incompetent
person permanently or for a protracted period; or
(b) Exposes the child or incompetent person
to a substantial risk of illness or physical injury; or
(c) Causes the child or incompetent person to
be removed from the state of usual residence; or
(d) Retains, detains, or conceals the child or
incompetent person in another state after expiration
of any authorized visitation period with intent
to intimidate or harass a parent, guardian, institution,
agency, or other person having lawful right to physical
custody or to prevent a parent, guardian, institution,
agency, or other person with lawful right to physical
custody from regaining custody.
(2) A parent of a child is guilty of custodial
interference in the first degree if the parent takes,
entices, retains, detains, or conceals the child, with
the intent to deny access, from the other parent having
the lawful right to time with the child pursuant to a
court-ordered parenting plan, and:
(a) Intends to hold the child permanently or for
a protracted period; or
(b) Exposes the child to a substantial risk of
illness or physical injury; or
(c) Causes the child to be removed from the state
of usual residence.
(3) A parent or other person acting under the
directions of the parent is guilty of custodial
interference in the first degree if the parent or
other person intentionally takes, entices, retains, or
conceals a child, under the age of eighteen years and
for whom no lawful custody order or parenting plan has
been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction,
from the other parent with intent to deprive the other
parent from access to the child permanently or for
a protracted period.
(4) Custodial interference in the first degree
is a class C felony.
[1998c 55 § 1; 1994 c 162 § 1; 1984 c 95 § 1.]
Jeff Briggs
jbriggs@nwi.net
1300 N. Miller Suite C5-194
Wenatchee, WA 98801 - USA
* 24hr/phone 509-665-0656 *
For other updates, and pictures...
Theresa Endicott: The abductor.
Rebecca Briggs: The Victim
Revised Code of Washington State: RCW 9a 40 060
Revised Code of Washington state: Index