10.02.125 Additional domestic violence offense provisions – Exposing children to domestic violence.
A. Domestic Violence Anti-Merger Clause. Every person who, in the commission of a crime designated as a crime involving domestic violence, shall commit any other crime may be punished for the other crime as well as for the crime designated as a crime involving domestic violence, and may be prosecuted for each crime separately.
B. Exposing Children to Domestic Violence.
1. A person commits the crime of exposing children to domestic violence when he or she:
a. Commits a crime against a family or household member, as defined in RCW 10.99.020; and
b. The crime is committed in the immediate presence of, or is witnessed by, the person’s or the victim’s minor child, a minor stepchild, or any minor child residing within the household of the person or victim.
2. For the purposes of this section, “witnessed” shall mean that the crime is directly perceived through either sight or sound, or a combination thereof, by the child.
3. Exposing children to domestic violence is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 3335 § 1, 2019)