Commander Toland, Left Behind Parent, scores a non-custodial victory in Washington State.

PDF of the opinion, here: Estate of Toland v. Toland, 286 P. 3d 60 – Washington Court of Appeals, 2nd Div. 2012. And here. And here.

I will hopefully do a review sometime later, but the bottom line is that Washington State said it wasn’t bound by the divorce decree and support order that was issued in Japan. One reason is that Paul did not receive due process.