RCW 26.09.160(1), Failure to Comply with Decree or Temporary Injunction — Obligation to Make Support or Maintenance Payments or Permit Contact with Children Not Suspended – Penalties – Last Revised Laws of 1991.
(1) The performance of parental functions and the duty to provide child support are distinct responsibilities in the care of the child. If a party fails to comply with a provision of a decree of temporary order of injunction, the obligation of the other party to make payments for support or maintenance or to permit contact with the children is not suspended. An attempt by a parent, in either the negotiation or the performance of a parenting plan, to condition one aspect of the parenting plan upon another, to condition payment of child support upon an aspect of the parenting plan, to refuse to pay ordered child support, to refuse to perform the duties provided in the parenting plan, or to hinder the performance by the other parent of duties provided in the parenting plan, shall be deemed bad faith and shall be punished by the court by holding the party in contempt of court and by awarding to the aggrieved party reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incidental in bringing a motion for contempt of court.