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If you don’t provide the required notice before moving, you can be subject to sanctions (punishment), including being held in contempt of court. Even if you don’t provide the proper notice, the other parent can still file in court an objection to the intended move (relocation), just as they could do if you give proper notice.1
1 R.C.W. § 26.09.470(1), (3)
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