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Wash. Rev. Code § 26.26B.060 (2026)

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The court may order reasonable fees of experts and the child's guardian ad litem, and other costs of the action, including blood or genetic test costs, to be paid by the parties in proportions and at times determined by the court. The court may order that all or a portion of a party's reasonable attorney's fees be paid by another party, except that an award of attorney's fees assessed against the state or any of its agencies or representatives shall be under RCW 4.84.185.
[ 1994 c 146 s 4; 1984 c 260 s 35; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 42 s 15. Formerly RCW 26.26.140.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2019–2023 · leading case: Jamie Lee Ponsaran v. Lyndsey Anker (Wash. Ct. App. 2020).
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Jamie Lee Ponsaran v. Lyndsey Anker (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “Attorney Fees Anker requests an award of attorney fees under RCW 26.26B.060, which provides in relevant part, “The court may order that all or a portion of a party’s reasonable attorney’s fees be paid by another party.”
Matter Of A.m.s., Child Sheldon Aaron Sanders, & Sadie Johanna Engebretson (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “But Engebretson is not the prevailing party on appeal, and she cites no authority for the proposition that RCW 26.26B.060 supports an award of fees to a nonprevailing party based on financial hardship.”
In re the Marriage of: Angela M. Stacy & John C. Stacy (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “140 (1994), recodified as, RCW 26.26B.060 allows this court to order all or a portion of a party’s reasonable attorney fees be paid by another party.”
Mitchell Edward White v. Lindsay Marie Spuck (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “ATTORNEY FEES ON APPEAL Spuck requests an award of reasonable attorney fees on appeal under (1) RCW 26.26B.060, which give us discretion to order that a party’s attorney fees be paid by the other party; (2) based on White’s intransigence in the trial court and on appeal, and (3)…”
Patricia Bell v. Carlo A. Dilorenzo (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “We find no ambiguity but here again, the argument need not be considered, since it was never raised in the trial court. IV. REQUESTS FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS ON APPEAL Mr.”
Emery Hammond v. Stephanie Bannick (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Attorney fees Bannick argues that since the trial proceedings regarded a modification of the parenting plan, the trial court erred in using RCW 26.26B.060 as a basis for attorney fees, since RCW 26.”
In Re The Parentage Of O.m., Andrew Sunwoo v. Diana Mckune (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Attorney Fees McKune requests attorney fees and costs citing RCW 26.26B.060. 9 She correctly notes this statute does not require consideration of either need or ability to pay.”
In the Matter of the Custody of: SA-M (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “RCW 26.26B.060 and RCW 26.26A.510 also empower this court to order reasonable attorney fees.”
Laurence Coates Bateman, V. Phavy Pel (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “Bill and found it was equivalent to the amount he earned when employed. Pel’s assertion of voluntary underemployment is unsupported by the record.”
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