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13.32A.040 | Family reconciliation services. | (1) Subject to the availability of funding appropriated for this specific purpose, the department, or a designated contractor of the department, shall: (a) Offer family reconciliation services to families or youth who are experiencing conflict and who may be in need of services upon request from the family or youth; (b... |
13.32A.045 | Family reconciliation services—Data. | (1) Beginning December 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , the department shall make data available on the use of family reconciliation services which includes: (a) The number of requests for family reconciliation services; (b) The number of referrals made for family reconciliation serv... |
13.32A.052 | Family reconciliation services—Community-based—Contracts. | By July 1, 2025, and subject to the amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall offer a contract or contracts to provide community-based family reconciliation services in at least one location that is already providing community-based family reconciliation services.
[ 2025 c 165 s 4 .]
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13.32A.080 | Unlawful harboring of a minor—Penalty—Defense—Prosecution of adult for involving child in commission of offense. | (1)(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful harboring of a minor if the person provides shelter to a minor without the consent of a parent of the minor and after the person knows that the minor is away from the home of the parent, without the parent's permission, and if the person intentionally: (i) Fails to release ... |
13.32A.082 | Providing shelter to minor—Requirement to notify parent, law enforcement, or department. | (1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, any person, unlicensed youth shelter, or runaway and homeless youth program that, without legal authorization, provides shelter to a minor and that knows at the time of providing the shelter that the minor is away from a lawfully prescribed residence or home without ... |
13.32A.084 | Providing shelter to minor—Immunity from liability. | If a person provides the notice required in RCW 13.32A.082 , he or she is immune from liability for any cause of action arising from providing shelter to the child. The immunity shall not extend to acts of intentional misconduct or gross negligence by the person providing the shelter.
[ 1995 c 312 s 36 .]
Short title —... |
13.32A.085 | Unlicensed youth shelter or unlicensed runaway and homeless youth program—Private right of action or claim. | A private right of action or claim on the part of a parent is created against an unlicensed youth shelter or unlicensed runaway and homeless youth program that fails to meet the reporting requirements in RCW 13.32A.082 (1) (a), (b), and (c).
[ 2013 c 4 s 3 ; 2010 c 229 s 3 .]
Findings — 2010 c 229: See note following R... |
13.32A.086 | Duty of law enforcement agencies to identify runaway children under RCW43.43.510. | Whenever a law enforcement agency receives a report from a parent that his or her child, or child over whom the parent has custody, has without permission of the parent left the home or residence lawfully prescribed for the child under circumstances where the parent believes that the child has run away from the home or... |
13.32A.100 | Family reconciliation services for child in out-of-home placement. | Where a child is placed in an out-of-home placement pursuant to *RCW 13.32A.090 (3)(d)(ii), the department shall make available family reconciliation services in order to facilitate the reunification of the family. Any such placement may continue as long as there is agreement by the child and parent.
[ 2000 c 123 s 13 ... |
13.32A.110 | Interstate compact to apply, when. | If a child who has a legal residence outside the state of Washington is admitted to a crisis residential center or is released by a law enforcement officer to the department, and the child refuses to return home, the provisions of *RCW 13.24.010 shall apply.
[ 1996 c 133 s 17 ; 1979 c 155 s 25 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 1... |
13.32A.120 | Out-of-home placement—Agreement, continuation—Petition to approve or continue. | (1) Where either a child or the child's parent or the person or facility currently providing shelter to the child notifies the center that such individual or individuals cannot agree to the continuation of an out-of-home placement arrived at pursuant to *RCW 13.32A.090 (3)(d)(ii), the administrator of the center shall ... |
13.32A.125 | Temporary out-of-home placement in semi-secure crisis residential center. | In approving a petition under this chapter, a child may be placed in a semi-secure crisis residential center as a temporary out-of-home placement under the following conditions: (1) No other suitable out-of-home placement is available; (2) space is available in the semi-secure crisis residential center; and (3) no chil... |
13.32A.128 | Child admitted to secure facility—Limitations. | The department may take a runaway youth to a secure facility after attempting to notify the parent of the child's whereabouts. The department may not take a child to a secure facility if the department has reasonable cause to believe that the reason for the child's runaway status is the result of abuse or neglect.
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13.32A.140 | Out-of-home placement—Child in need of services petition by department—Procedure. | Unless the department files a dependency petition, the department shall file a child in need of services petition to approve an out-of-home placement on behalf of a child under any of the following sets of circumstances: (1) The child has been admitted to a crisis residential center or has been placed by the department... |
13.32A.150 | Out-of-home placement—Child in need of services petition by child or parent. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the juvenile court shall not accept the filing of a child in need of services petition by the child or the parents or the filing of an at-risk youth petition by the parent, unless verification is provided that the department, or a community-based entity under contract w... |
13.32A.152 | Child in need of services petition—Service on parents—Notice to department—Petitions regarding Indian children. | (1) Whenever a child in need of services petition is filed by: (a) A youth pursuant to RCW 13.32A.150 ; (b) the child or the child's parent pursuant to RCW 13.32A.120 ; or (c) the department pursuant to RCW 13.32A.140 , the filing party shall have a copy of the petition served on the parents of the youth. Service shall... |
13.32A.160 | Out-of-home placement—Court action upon filing of child in need of services petition—Child placement. | (1) When a proper child in need of services petition to approve an out-of-home placement is filed under RCW 13.32A.120 , 13.32A.140 , or 13.32A.150 the juvenile court shall: (a)(i) Schedule a fact-finding hearing to be held: (A) For a child who resides in a place other than his or her parent's home and other than an ou... |
13.32A.170 | Out-of-home placement—Fact-finding hearing. | (1) The court shall hold a fact-finding hearing to consider a proper child in need of services petition, giving due weight to the intent of the legislature that families have the right to place reasonable restrictions and rules upon their children, appropriate to the individual child's developmental level. The court ma... |
13.32A.175 | Out-of-home placement—Contribution to child's support—Enforcement of order. | In any proceeding in which the court approves an out-of-home placement, the court shall inquire into the ability of parents to contribute to the child's support. If the court finds that the parents are able to contribute to the support of the child, the court shall order them to make such support payments as the court ... |
13.32A.177 | Out-of-home placement—Determination of support payments. | A determination of support payments ordered under RCW 13.32A.175 shall be based upon chapter 26.19 RCW.
[ 1995 c 312 s 22 ; 1988 c 275 s 14 .]
Short title — 1995 c 312: See note following RCW 13.32A.010 .
Effective dates — Severability — 1988 c 275: See notes following RCW 26.19.001 . |
13.32A.178 | Out-of-home placement—Child support—Exceptions. | The department shall promulgate rules that create good cause exceptions to the establishment and enforcement of child support from parents of children in out-of-home placement under chapter 13.34 or 13.32A RCW that do not violate federal funding requirements.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 418 ; 2001 c 332 s 8 .]
Effective dat... |
13.32A.179 | Out-of-home placement—Disposition hearing—Court order—Dispositional plan—Child subject to contempt proceedings—Dismissal of order at request of department or parent. | (1) A disposition hearing shall be held no later than fourteen days after the approval of the temporary out-of-home placement. The parents, child, and department shall be notified by the court of the time and place of the hearing. (2) At the conclusion of the disposition hearing, the court may: (a) Reunite the family a... |
13.32A.180 | Out-of-home placement—Court order—No placement in secure residence. | (1) If the court orders a three-month out-of-home placement for the child, the court shall specify the person or agency with whom the child shall be placed, those parental powers which will be temporarily awarded to such agency or person including but not limited to the right to authorize medical, dental, and optical t... |
13.32A.190 | Out-of-home placement dispositional order—Review hearings—Time limitation on out-of-home placement—Termination of placement at request of parent. | (1) Upon making a dispositional order under RCW 13.32A.179 , the court shall schedule the matter on the calendar for review within three months, advise the parties of the date thereof, appoint legal counsel and/or a guardian ad litem to represent the child at the review hearing, advise parents of their right to be repr... |
13.32A.191 | At-risk youth—Petition by parent. | (1) A child's parent may file with the juvenile court a petition in the interest of a child alleged to be an at-risk youth. The department shall, when requested, assist the parent in filing the petition. The petition shall be filed in the county where the petitioner resides. The petition shall set forth the name, age, ... |
13.32A.192 | At-risk youth petition—Prehearing procedures. | (1) When a proper at-risk youth petition is filed by a child's parent under this chapter, the juvenile court shall: (a)(i) Schedule a fact-finding hearing to be held: (A) For a child who resides in a place other than his or her parent's home and other than an out-of-home placement, within five calendar days unless the ... |
13.32A.194 | At-risk youth petition—Court procedures. | (1) The court shall hold a fact-finding hearing to consider a proper at-risk youth petition. The court shall grant the petition and enter an order finding the child to be an at-risk youth if the allegations in the petition are established by a preponderance of the evidence, unless the child is the subject of a proceedi... |
13.32A.196 | At-risk youth petition—Dispositional hearing. | (1) A dispositional hearing shall be held no later than fourteen days after the fact-finding hearing. Each party shall be notified of the time and date of the hearing. (2) At the dispositional hearing regarding an adjudicated at-risk youth, the court shall consider the recommendations of the parties and the recommendat... |
13.32A.197 | Disposition hearing—Additional orders for specialized treatment—Review hearings—Limitation—Use of state funds. | (1) In a disposition hearing, after a finding that a child is a child in need of services or an at-risk youth, the court may adopt the additional orders authorized under this section if it finds that the child involved in those proceedings is not eligible for inpatient treatment for a mental health or substance abuse c... |
13.32A.198 | At-risk youth—Review by court. | (1) Upon making a disposition regarding an adjudicated at-risk youth, the court shall schedule the matter on the calendar for review within three months, advise the parties of the date thereof, appoint legal counsel for the child, advise the parent of the right to be represented by legal counsel at the review hearing a... |
13.32A.200 | Hearings under chapter—Time or place—Public excluded. | (1) All hearings pursuant to this chapter may be conducted at any time or place within the county of the residence of the parent and such cases shall be heard in conjunction with the business of any other division of the superior court, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. (2) The public shall... |
13.32A.205 | Acceptance of petitions by court—Damages. | No superior court may refuse to accept for filing a properly completed and presented child in need of services petition or an at-risk youth petition. To be properly presented, the petitioner shall verify that the family assessment required under RCW 13.32A.150 has been completed. In the event of an improper refusal tha... |
13.32A.210 | Foster home placement—Parental preferences. | In an attempt to minimize the inherent intrusion in the lives of families involved in the foster care system and to maintain parental authority where appropriate, the department, absent good cause, shall follow the wishes of the natural parent regarding the placement of the child. Preferences such as family constellati... |
13.32A.250 | Failure to comply with order as civil contempt—Motion—Penalties. | (1) In all child in need of services proceedings and at-risk youth proceedings, the court shall verbally notify the parents and the child of the possibility of a finding of contempt for failure to comply with the terms of a court order entered pursuant to this chapter and the possible consequences thereof, including co... |
13.32A.270 | Youth who have been diverted—Alleged prostitution or prostitution loitering offenses—Services and treatment. | Within available funding, when a youth who has been diverted under RCW 13.40.070 for an alleged offense of prostitution or prostitution loitering is referred to the department, the department shall connect that child with the services and treatment specified in RCW * 74.14B.060 and 74.14B.070 .
[ 2010 c 289 s 3 .]
*Rev... |
13.32A.300 | No entitlement to services created by chapter. | Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create an entitlement to services nor to create judicial authority to order the provision at public expense of services to any person or family where the department has determined that such services are unavailable or unsuitable or that the child or family are not eligible ... |
13.34.010 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known as the "Juvenile Court Act in Cases Relating to Dependency of a Child and the Termination of a Parent and Child Relationship".
[ 1977 ex.s. c 291 s 29 .]
Effective dates — Severability — 1977 ex.s. c 291: See notes following RCW 13.04.005 . |
13.34.020 | Legislative declaration of family unit as resource to be nurtured—Rights of child. | The legislature declares that the family unit is a fundamental resource of American life which should be nurtured. Toward the continuance of this principle, the legislature declares that the family unit should remain intact unless a child's right to conditions of basic nurture, health, or safety is jeopardized. When th... |
13.34.025 | Child dependency cases—Coordination of services—Remedial services. | (1) The department and agencies shall develop methods for coordination of services to parents and children in child dependency cases. To the maximum extent possible under current funding levels, the department and agencies must: (a) Coordinate and integrate services to children and families, using service plans and act... |
13.34.030 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Abandoned" means when the child's parent, guardian, or other custodian has expressed, either by statement or conduct, an intent to forego, for an extended period, parental rights or responsibilities despite... |
13.34.035 | Standard court forms—Rules—Administrative office of the courts to develop and establish—Failure to use or follow—Distribution. | (1) The administrative office of the courts shall develop standard court forms and format rules for mandatory use by parties in dependency matters commenced under this chapter or chapter 26.44 RCW. Forms shall be developed not later than November 1, 2009, and the mandatory use requirement shall be effective January 1, ... |
13.34.040 | Petition to court to deal with dependent child—Application of federal Indian child welfare act. | (1) Any person may file with the clerk of the superior court a petition showing that there is within the county, or residing within the county, a dependent child and requesting that the superior court deal with such child as provided in this chapter. There shall be no fee for filing such petitions. (2) Except where the... |
13.34.045 | Educational liaison—Identification. | (1) The department must identify an educational liaison for youth in grades six through twelve who are subject to a proceeding under this chapter and who meet one of the following requirements: (a) All parental rights have been terminated; (b) Parents are unavailable because of incarceration or other limitations; (c) T... |
13.34.046 | Educational liaison—Responsibilities—Background checks. | (1) Unless otherwise directed by the court, the responsibilities of the educational liaison for a youth subject to a proceeding under this chapter include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) To attend educational meetings and dependency hearings; (b) To meet with local school personnel at regular intervals rega... |
13.34.050 | Court order to take child into custody, when—Hearing. | (1) The court may enter an order directing a law enforcement officer, probation counselor, or child protective services official to take a child into custody if: (a) A petition is filed with the juvenile court with sufficient corroborating evidence to establish that the child is dependent; (b) an affidavit or declarati... |
13.34.055 | Custody by law enforcement officer—Release from liability. | (1) A law enforcement officer shall take into custody a child taken in violation of RCW 9A.40.060 or 9A.40.070 . The law enforcement officer shall make every reasonable effort to avoid placing additional trauma on the child by obtaining such custody at times and in a manner least disruptive to the child. The law enforc... |
13.34.060 | Shelter care—Placement—Custody—Duties of parties. | (1) A child taken into custody pursuant to RCW 13.34.050 or 26.44.050 shall be immediately placed in shelter care. A child taken by a relative of the child in violation of RCW 9A.40.060 or 9A.40.070 shall be placed in shelter care only when permitted under RCW 13.34.055 . No child may be held longer than seventy-two ho... |
13.34.062 | Shelter care—Notice of custody and rights. | (1)(a) Whenever a child is taken into custody by child protective services pursuant to a court order issued under RCW 13.34.050 or when child protective services is notified that a child has been taken into custody pursuant to RCW 26.44.050 or 26.44.056 , child protective services shall make diligent efforts to inform ... |
13.34.065 | Shelter care—Hearing—Recommendation as to further need—Release. | (1)(a) When a child is removed or when the petitioner is seeking the removal of a child from the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the court shall hold a shelter care hearing within 72 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The primary purpose of the shelter care hearing is to determine whether ... |
13.34.067 | Shelter care—Case conference—Service agreement. | (1)(a) Following shelter care and no later than thirty days prior to fact-finding, the department shall convene a case conference as required in the shelter care order to develop and specify in a written service agreement the expectations of both the department and the parent regarding voluntary services for the parent... |
13.34.069 | Shelter care—Order and authorization of health care and education records. | If a child is placed in the custody of the department of children, youth, and families or other *supervising agency, immediately following the shelter care hearing, an order and authorization regarding health care and education records for the child shall be entered. The order shall: (1) Provide the department or other... |
13.34.070 | Summons when petition filed—Service procedure—Hearing, when—Contempt upon failure to appear—Required notice regarding Indian children. | (1) Upon the filing of the petition, the petitioner shall issue a summons, one directed to the child, if the child is twelve or more years of age, and another to the parents, guardian, or custodian, and such other persons as appear to the court to be proper or necessary parties to the proceedings, requiring them to app... |
13.34.080 | Summons when petition filed—Publication of notice.(Effective until January 31, 2026.) | (1) The court shall direct the clerk to publish notice in a legal newspaper printed in the county, qualified to publish summons, once a week for three consecutive weeks, with the first publication of the notice to be at least twenty-five days prior to the date fixed for the hearing when it appears by the petition or ve... |
13.34.090 | Rights under chapter proceedings. | (1) Any party has a right to be represented by an attorney in all proceedings under this chapter, to introduce evidence, to be heard in his or her own behalf, to examine witnesses, to receive a decision based solely on the evidence adduced at the hearing, and to an unbiased fact finder. (2) At all stages of a proceedin... |
13.34.092 | Rights under chapter proceedings—Appointment of counsel—Notice. | At the commencement of the shelter care hearing the court shall advise the parties of basic rights as provided in RCW 13.34.090 and appoint counsel to the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian pursuant to RCW 13.34.090 if the parent, guardian, or legal custodian is indigent unless counsel has been retained by th... |
13.34.094 | Description of services provided to parents. | The department shall, within existing resources, provide to parents requesting or participating in a multidisciplinary team, family group conference, case conference, or prognostic staffing information that describes these processes prior to the processes being undertaken.
[ 2018 c 284 s 6 ; 2009 c 520 s 24 ; 2004 c 14... |
13.34.096 | Right to be heard—Notice. | (1) The department shall provide the child's foster parents, preadoptive parents, or other caregivers with timely and adequate notice of their right to be heard prior to each proceeding held with respect to the child in juvenile court under this chapter. For purposes of this section, "timely and adequate notice" means ... |
13.34.100 | Appointment of guardian ad litem—Background information—Rights—Notification and inquiry—Review and removal. | (1) The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for a child who is the subject of an action under this chapter, unless a court for good cause finds the appointment unnecessary. The requirement of a guardian ad litem may be deemed satisfied if the child is represented by an independent attorney in the proceedings. The c... |
13.34.102 | Guardian ad litem—Training—Registry—Selection—Substitution—Exception. | (1) All guardians ad litem must comply with the training requirements established under RCW 2.56.030 (15), prior to their appointment in cases under Title 13 RCW, except that volunteer guardians ad litem or court-appointed special advocates may comply with alternative training requirements approved by the administrativ... |
13.34.105 | Guardian ad litem—Duties—Immunity—Access to information. | (1) Unless otherwise directed by the court, the duties of the guardian ad litem for a child subject to a proceeding under this chapter, including an attorney specifically appointed by the court to serve as a guardian ad litem, include but are not limited to the following: (a) To investigate, collect relevant informatio... |
13.34.107 | Guardian ad litem—Ex parte communications—Removal. | A guardian ad litem or court-appointed special advocate shall not engage in ex parte communications with any judicial officer involved in the matter for which he or she is appointed during the pendency of the proceeding, except as permitted by court rule or statute for ex parte motions. Ex parte motions shall be heard ... |
13.34.108 | Guardian ad litem—Fees. | The court shall specify the hourly rate the guardian ad litem may charge for his or her services, and shall specify the maximum amount the guardian ad litem may charge without additional court review and approval. The court shall specify rates and fees in the order of appointment or at the earliest date the court is ab... |
13.34.110 | Hearings—Fact-finding and disposition—Time and place, notice. | (1) The court shall hold a fact-finding hearing on the petition and, unless the court dismisses the petition, shall make written findings of fact, stating the reasons therefor. The rules of evidence shall apply at the fact-finding hearing and the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child shall have all of the r... |
13.34.115 | Hearings—Public excluded when in the best interests of the child—Notes and records—Video recordings. | (1) All hearings shall be public, and conducted at any time or place within the limits of the county, except if the judge finds that excluding the public is in the best interests of the child. (2) Either parent, or the child's attorney or guardian ad litem, may move to close a hearing at any time. If the judge finds th... |
13.34.120 | Social study and reports made available at disposition hearing—Contents—Notice to parents. | (1) To aid the court in its decision on disposition, a social study shall be made by the person or agency filing the petition. A parent may submit a counselor's or health care provider's evaluation of the parent, which shall either be included in the social study or considered in conjunction with the social study. The ... |
13.34.125 | Voluntary adoption plan—Consideration of preferences for proposed placement. | In those cases where an alleged father, birth parent, or parent has indicated his or her intention to make a voluntary adoption plan for the child and has agreed to the termination of his or her parental rights, the department shall follow the wishes of the alleged father, birth parent, or parent regarding the proposed... |
13.34.130 | Order of disposition for a dependent child, alternatives—Petition seeking termination of parent-child relationship—Placement with relatives, foster family home, group care facility, qualified residential treatment program, or other suitable persons—Placement of an Indian child in out-of-home care—Contact with siblings. | If, after a fact-finding hearing pursuant to RCW 13.34.110 , it has been proven by a preponderance of the evidence that the child is dependent within the meaning of RCW 13.34.030 after consideration of the social study prepared pursuant to RCW 13.34.110 and after a disposition hearing has been held pursuant to RCW 13.3... |
13.34.132 | Petition seeking termination of parent-child relationship—Requirements. | A court may order that a petition seeking termination of the parent and child relationship be filed if the following requirements are met: (1) The court has removed the child from his or her home pursuant to RCW 13.34.130 ; (2) Termination is recommended by the department; (3) Termination is in the best interests of th... |
13.34.134 | Permanent placement of child. | If reasonable efforts are not ordered under RCW 13.34.132 , a permanency planning hearing shall be held within thirty days of the court order to file a petition to terminate parental rights. Reasonable efforts shall be made to place the child in a timely manner in accordance with the permanency plan, and to complete wh... |
13.34.136 | Permanency plan of care. | (1) Whenever a child is ordered to be removed from the home, a permanency plan shall be developed no later than 60 days from the time the department assumes responsibility for providing services, including placing the child, or at the time of a hearing under RCW 13.34.130 , whichever occurs first. The permanency planni... |
13.34.138 | Review hearings—Findings—Duties of parties involved—In-home placement requirements—Housing assistance. | (1) The status of all children found to be dependent shall be reviewed by the court at least every six months from the beginning date of the placement episode or the date dependency is established, whichever is first. The purpose of the hearing shall be to review the progress of the parties and determine whether court ... |
13.34.141 | Entry, order of disposition—Parent, guardian, or custodian of child to engage in services and maintain contact with child—Notice. | (1) After entry of a dispositional order pursuant to RCW 13.34.130 ordering placement of a child in out-of-home care, the department shall continue to encourage the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child to engage in services and maintain contact with the child, which shall be accomplished by attaching a standard ... |
13.34.142 | Current placement episode—Calculation. | If the most recent date that a child was removed from the home of the parent, guardian, or legal custodian for purposes of placement in out-of-home care occurred prior to the filing of a dependency petition or after filing but prior to entry of a disposition order, such time periods shall be included when calculating t... |
13.34.145 | Permanency planning hearing—Purpose—Time limits—Goals—Review hearing—Petition for termination of parental rights—Guardianship petition—Agency responsibility to provide services to parents—Due process rights. | (1) The purpose of a permanency planning hearing is to review the permanency plan for the child, inquire into the welfare of the child and progress of the case, and reach decisions regarding the permanent placement of the child. (a) A permanency planning hearing shall be held in all cases where the child has remained i... |
13.34.147 | Case review panel—Creation—Duties. | (1) Within the department's appropriations, the department shall ensure that a case review panel reviews cases involving dependent children where permanency is not achieved for children within eighteen months after being placed in out-of-home care. (2) The case review panel shall be comprised of, at a minimum, a lead s... |
13.34.150 | Modification of orders. | Any order made by the court in the case of a dependent child may be changed, modified, or set aside, only upon a showing of a change in circumstance or as provided in RCW 13.34.120 .
[ 1993 c 412 s 9 ; 1990 c 246 s 6 ; 1977 ex.s. c 291 s 43 ; 1913 c 160 s 15 ; RRS s 1987-15. Formerly RCW 13.04.150 .]
Severability — 199... |
13.34.155 | Concurrent jurisdiction over nonparental actions for child custody—Establishment or modification of parenting plan. | (1) The court hearing the dependency petition may hear and determine issues related to a guardianship of a minor under RCW 11.130.215 in a dependency proceeding as necessary to facilitate a permanency plan for the child or children as part of the dependency disposition order or a dependency review order or as otherwise... |
13.34.160 | Order of support for dependent child. | (1) In an action brought under this chapter, the court may inquire into the ability of the parent or parents of the child to pay child support and may enter an order of child support as set forth in chapter 26.19 RCW. The court may enforce the same by execution, or in any way in which a court of equity may enforce its ... |
13.34.161 | Order of support for dependent child—Noncompliance—Enforcement of judgment. | In any case in which the court has ordered a parent or parents, guardian, or other person having custody of a child to pay support under RCW 13.34.160 and the order has not been complied with, the court may, upon such person or persons being duly summoned or voluntarily appearing, proceed to inquire into the amount due... |
13.34.165 | Civil contempt—Grounds—Motion—Penalty—Detention review hearing. | (1) Failure by a party to comply with an order entered under this chapter is civil contempt of court as provided in RCW 7.21.030 (2). (2) A motion for contempt may be made by a parent, juvenile court personnel, or by any public agency, organization, or person having custody of the child under a court order entered purs... |
13.34.174 | Order of alcohol or substance abuse diagnostic investigation and evaluation—Treatment plan—Breach of plan—Reports. | (1) The provisions of this section shall apply when a court orders a party to undergo an alcohol or substance abuse diagnostic investigation and evaluation. (2) The facility conducting the investigation and evaluation shall make a written report to the court stating its findings and recommendations including family-bas... |
13.34.176 | Violation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment conditions—Hearing—Notice—Modification of order. | (1) The court, upon receiving a report under RCW 13.34.174 (4) or at the department's request, may schedule a show cause hearing to determine whether the person is in violation of the treatment conditions. All parties shall be given notice of the hearing. The court shall hold the hearing within ten days of the request ... |
13.34.180 | Order terminating parent and child relationship—Petition—Filing—Allegations. | (1) A petition seeking termination of a parent and child relationship may be filed in juvenile court by any party to the dependency proceedings concerning that child. Such petition shall conform to the requirements of RCW 13.34.040 , shall be served upon the parties as provided in RCW 13.34.070 (8), and shall allege al... |
13.34.190 | Order terminating parent and child relationship—Findings. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, after hearings pursuant to RCW 13.34.110 or 13.34.130 , the court may enter an order terminating all parental rights to a child only if the court finds that: (a)(i) The allegations contained in the petition as provided in RCW 13.34.180 (1) are established by cle... |
13.34.200 | Order terminating parent and child relationship—Rights of parties when granted. | (1) Upon the termination of parental rights pursuant to RCW 13.34.180 , all rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations, including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support existing between the child and parent shall be severed and terminated and the parent shall have no standing to app... |
13.34.210 | Order terminating parent and child relationship—Custody where no one has parental rights. | If, upon entering an order terminating the parental rights of a parent, there remains no parent having parental rights, the court shall commit the child to the custody of the department willing to accept custody for the purpose of placing the child for adoption. If an adoptive home has not been identified, the departme... |
13.34.212 | Court-appointed attorney for a child in a dependency proceeding. | (1)(a) The court shall appoint an attorney for a child in a dependency proceeding six months after granting a petition to terminate the parent and child relationship pursuant to RCW 13.34.180 and when there is no remaining parent with parental rights. (b) The court may appoint one attorney to a group of siblings, unles... |
13.34.215 | Petition reinstating terminated parental rights—Notice—Achievement of permanency plan—Effect of granting the petition—Hearing—Child support liability—Retroactive application—Limitation on liability. | (1) A child may petition the juvenile court to reinstate the previously terminated parental rights of his or her parent under the following circumstances: (a) The child was previously found to be a dependent child under this chapter; (b) The child's parent's rights were terminated in a proceeding under this chapter; (c... |
13.34.232 | Guardianship for dependent child—Order, contents—Rights and duties of dependency guardian. | (1) An order establishing a dependency guardianship shall: (a) Appoint a person or agency to serve as dependency guardian for the limited purpose of assisting the court to supervise the dependency; (b) Specify the dependency guardian's rights and responsibilities concerning the care, custody, and control of the child. ... |
13.34.233 | Guardianship for dependent child—Modification or termination of order—Hearing—Termination of guardianship. | (1) Any party may request the court under RCW 13.34.150 to modify or terminate a dependency guardianship order. Notice of any motion to modify or terminate the guardianship shall be served on all other parties, including any agency that was responsible for supervising the child's placement at the time the guardianship ... |
13.34.234 | Guardianship for dependent child—Dependency guardianship subsidies. | A dependency guardian who is a licensed foster parent at the time the guardianship is established under this chapter and who has been the child's foster parent for a minimum of six consecutive months preceding entry of the guardianship order may be eligible for a guardianship subsidy on behalf of the child.
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13.34.235 | Guardianship for dependent child—Review hearing requirements not applicable—Exception. | A dependency guardianship is not subject to the review hearing requirements of RCW 13.34.138 unless ordered by the court under RCW 13.34.232 (1)(e).
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13.34.237 | Guardianship for dependent child—Subject to dependency and termination of parent-child relationship provisions—Exceptions—Request to convert dependency guardianship to guardianship—Dismissal of dependency. | (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 13.36 RCW, a dependency guardianship established by court order under this chapter and in force on June 10, 2010, shall remain subject to the provisions of this chapter unless: (a) The dependency guardianship is modified or terminated under the provisions of this chapter; o... |
13.34.240 | Acts, records, and proceedings of Indian tribe or band given full faith and credit. | The courts of this state shall give full faith and credit as provided for in the United States Constitution to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of any Indian tribe or band in any proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter to the same extent that full faith and credit is given to the public acts, reco... |
13.34.245 | Voluntary consent to foster care placement for Indian child—Validation—Withdrawal of consent—Termination. | (1) Where any parent or Indian custodian voluntarily consents to foster care placement of an Indian child and a petition for dependency has not been filed regarding the child, such consent shall not be valid unless executed in writing before the court and filed with the court. The consent shall be accompanied by the wr... |
13.34.260 | Foster home placement—Parental preferences—Foster parent contact with birth parents encouraged. | (1) In an attempt to minimize the inherent intrusion in the lives of families involved in the foster care system and to maintain parental authority where appropriate, the department, absent good cause, shall follow the wishes of the natural parent regarding the placement of the child with a relative or other suitable p... |
13.34.265 | Foster home placement—Considerations. | If a child has been previously placed in out-of-home care and is subsequently returned to out-of-home care, and the department cannot locate an appropriate and available relative or other suitable person, the preferred placement for the child is in a foster family home where the child previously was placed, if the foll... |
13.34.267 | Extended foster care services—Maintenance of dependency proceeding—Placement, care of youth—Appointment of counsel—Case plan. | (1) In order to facilitate the delivery of extended foster care services, the court, upon the agreement of the youth to participate in the extended foster care program, shall maintain the dependency proceeding for any youth who is dependent at the age of 18 years until the youth turns 21 or withdraws their agreement to... |
13.34.268 | Extended foster care services—Voluntary placement agreement—Decline—Petition for dependency. | (1)(a) If a youth prior to reaching age twenty-one years requests extended foster care services from the department pursuant to RCW 74.13.336 , and the department declines to enter into a voluntary placement agreement with the youth, the department must provide written documentation to the youth which contains: (i) The... |
13.34.270 | Child with developmental disability—Out-of-home placement—Permanency planning hearing. | (1) Whenever the department of social and health services places a child with a developmental disability in out-of-home care pursuant to *RCW 74.13.350 , the department shall obtain a judicial determination within one hundred eighty days of the placement that continued placement is in the best interests of the child. I... |
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