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Wash. Rev. Code ch. 13.34 – Juvenile court act—Dependency and termination of parent-child relationship. | Midpage
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Revised Code of Washington
Title 13
Chapter 13.34
Wash. Rev. Code ch. 13.34
Juvenile court act—Dependency and termination of parent-child relationship.
13.34.010
Short title.
13.34.020
Legislative declaration of family unit as resource to be nurtured—Rights of child.
13.34.025
Child dependency cases—Coordination of services—Remedial services.
13.34.030
Definitions.
13.34.035
Standard court forms—Rules—Administrative office of the courts to develop and establish—Failure to use or follow—Distribution.
13.34.040
Petition to court to deal with dependent child—Application of federal Indian child welfare act.
13.34.045
Educational liaison—Identification.
13.34.046
Educational liaison—Responsibilities—Background checks.
13.34.050
Court order to take child into custody, when—Hearing.
13.34.055
Custody by law enforcement officer—Release from liability.
13.34.060
Shelter care—Placement—Custody—Duties of parties.
13.34.062
Shelter care—Notice of custody and rights.
13.34.065
Shelter care—Hearing—Recommendation as to further need—Release.
13.34.067
Shelter care—Case conference—Service agreement.
13.34.069
Shelter care—Order and authorization of health care and education records.
13.34.070
Summons when petition filed—Service procedure—Hearing, when—Contempt upon failure to appear—Required notice regarding Indian children.
13.34.080
Summons when petition filed—Publication of notice. (Effective until January 31, 2026.)
13.34.090
Rights under chapter proceedings.
13.34.092
Rights under chapter proceedings—Appointment of counsel—Notice.
13.34.094
Description of services provided to parents.
13.34.096
Right to be heard—Notice.
13.34.100
Appointment of guardian ad litem—Background information—Rights—Notification and inquiry—Review and removal.
13.34.102
Guardian ad litem—Training—Registry—Selection—Substitution—Exception.
13.34.105
Guardian ad litem—Duties—Immunity—Access to information.
13.34.107
Guardian ad litem—Ex parte communications—Removal.
13.34.108
Guardian ad litem—Fees.
13.34.110
Hearings—Fact-finding and disposition—Time and place, notice.
13.34.115
Hearings—Public excluded when in the best interests of the child—Notes and records—Video recordings.
13.34.120
Social study and reports made available at disposition hearing—Contents—Notice to parents.
13.34.125
Voluntary adoption plan—Consideration of preferences for proposed placement.
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.
13.34.132
Petition seeking termination of parent-child relationship—Requirements.
13.34.134
Permanent placement of child.
13.34.136
Permanency plan of care.
13.34.138
Review hearings—Findings—Duties of parties involved—In-home placement requirements—Housing assistance.
13.34.141
Entry, order of disposition—Parent, guardian, or custodian of child to engage in services and maintain contact with child—Notice.
13.34.142
Current placement episode—Calculation.
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.
13.34.147
Case review panel—Creation—Duties.
13.34.150
Modification of orders.
13.34.155
Concurrent jurisdiction over nonparental actions for child custody—Establishment or modification of parenting plan.
13.34.160
Order of support for dependent child.
13.34.161
Order of support for dependent child—Noncompliance—Enforcement of judgment.
13.34.165
Civil contempt—Grounds—Motion—Penalty—Detention review hearing.
13.34.174
Order of alcohol or substance abuse diagnostic investigation and evaluation—Treatment plan—Breach of plan—Reports.
13.34.176
Violation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment conditions—Hearing—Notice—Modification of order.
13.34.180
Order terminating parent and child relationship—Petition—Filing—Allegations.
13.34.190
Order terminating parent and child relationship—Findings.
13.34.200
Order terminating parent and child relationship—Rights of parties when granted.
13.34.210
Order terminating parent and child relationship—Custody where no one has parental rights.
13.34.212
Court-appointed attorney for a child in a dependency proceeding.
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.
13.34.232
Guardianship for dependent child—Order, contents—Rights and duties of dependency guardian.
13.34.233
Guardianship for dependent child—Modification or termination of order—Hearing—Termination of guardianship.
13.34.234
Guardianship for dependent child—Dependency guardianship subsidies.
13.34.235
Guardianship for dependent child—Review hearing requirements not applicable—Exception.
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.
13.34.240
Acts, records, and proceedings of Indian tribe or band given full faith and credit.
13.34.245
Voluntary consent to foster care placement for Indian child—Validation—Withdrawal of consent—Termination.
13.34.260
Foster home placement—Parental preferences—Foster parent contact with birth parents encouraged.
13.34.265
Foster home placement—Considerations.
13.34.267
Extended foster care services—Maintenance of dependency proceeding—Placement, care of youth—Appointment of counsel—Case plan.
13.34.268
Extended foster care services—Voluntary placement agreement—Decline—Petition for dependency.
13.34.270
Child with developmental disability—Out-of-home placement—Permanency planning hearing.
13.34.300
Relevance of failure to cause juvenile to attend school to neglect petition.
13.34.315
Health care—Evaluation and treatment.
13.34.320
Inpatient mental health treatment—When parental consent required—Hearing.
13.34.330
Inpatient mental health treatment—Placement.
13.34.340
Release of records—Disclosure to treating physician.
13.34.350
Dependent children—Information sharing—Guidelines.
13.34.360
Transfer of newborn to qualified person—Criminal liability—Notification to child protective services—Definitions.
13.34.370
Evaluation of parties—Selection of evaluators.
13.34.380
Visitation policies and protocols—Development—Elements.
13.34.385
Petition for visitation—Relatives of dependent children—Notice—Modification of order—Effect of granting the petition—Retroactive application.
13.34.390
Comprehensive services for drug-affected and alcohol-affected mothers and infants.
13.34.400
Child welfare proceedings—Placement—Documentation.
13.34.410
Psychosexual evaluation.
13.34.420
Qualified residential treatment program—Requirements.
13.34.425
Qualified residential treatment program—Placement—Hearing.
13.34.430
Social study—Required information.
13.34.435
Washington state center for court research—Attorney-client privilege.
13.34.440
Federal waivers.
13.34.800
Drug-affected and alcohol-affected infants—Model project.
13.34.801
Rules—Definition of "drug-affected infant."
13.34.802
Rules—Definition of "alcohol-affected infant."
13.34.820
Permanency for dependent children—Annual report.
13.34.830
Child protection and child welfare—Racial disproportionality—Evaluation—Report.
13.34.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
13.34.901
Construction—Prevention services.