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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva<br />______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">September 17, 2026</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric,</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention. This is a huge bummer. I have a parenting plan trial in Snohomish County that was supposed to go out in April, but was continued to August 10 so that GAL could conduct a final report.</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On August 10, we were inexplicably continued to December 14. I was already wondering if my prior ER 904 submittal (submitted for April) could simply be updated. So much time has gone by, we now have more police reports. Although our prior ER 904 submittal had important text messages, it also included various police reports dealing with domestic violence. We got some through a Public Disclosure request and others by subpoena. Police reports would not be hearsay under 803(6). </span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But, it looks like now we must go have law enforcement certify the records?</span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm wondering if documents submitted under prior ER 904 prior to 9/1 (and even prior to 30 days before that) would be admissible or if they would fall under the new rule?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 940</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle, Washington 98101-2509</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">206-224-8288</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ak@seattle-silvalaw.com">ak@seattle-silvalaw.com</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On 2026/09/17 09:51 AM, Eric Nelsen wrote:</span>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I just started a trial prep for a trial next month and looked at ER</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">904--discovered it was just amended, effective September 1. The old</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">catch-all provision of ER 904(6) is gone, and now every document has</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to fit one of the now-twelve enumerated categories. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Looks like the statewide judges' association lobbied to get sub (6)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">eliminated because it was--in their view--being abused by lawyers</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">designating hundreds of documents under sub (6), and it generated so</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">many objections it caused more time and work for the court than it was</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">intended to save. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I am bummed. It was nice to be able to get copies of emails and the</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">like easily admitted by that process. The scope of the twelve</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">categories is quite a bit more limited than what was possible under</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the old sub (6). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sincerely, </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric C. Nelsen </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1417 31st Ave South </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle WA 98144-3909 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">206-625-0092 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">_______________________________________________</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">WSBAPT mailing list</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a></span></blockquote>
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