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RCW 26.40.010 Declaration of purpose.
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The purpose of this chapter is to assure the right of every child with disabilities to parental love and care as long as possible, to provide for adequate custody of a child with a disability who has lost parental care, and to make available to the child with a disability the ser…
RCW 26.40.020 Removal, denial of parental responsibility—Commitment not an admission requirement to any school.
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So long as the parents of a child with a disability are able to assume parental responsibility for such child, their parental responsibility may not be removed or denied, and commitment by the state or any officer or official thereof shall never be a requirement for the admission…
RCW 26.40.030 Petition by parent for order of commitment—Grounds.
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The parents or parent of any child who is temporarily or permanently delayed in normal educational processes and/or normal social adjustment by reason of physical, sensory or mental disability, or by reason of social or emotional maladjustment, or by reason of other disability, m…
RCW 26.40.040 Petition by parent for order of commitment—Contents—Who may be co-custodians—Effective date.
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The petition for an order for the commitment of a child to custody shall request the court to issue an order for the commitment of such child to the co-custody of the state and a relative or relatives, a friend or friends, an attorney or attorneys, a church through its chief offi…