Title 26 — Title 26 DOMESTIC RELATIONS
26 chapters · 696 sections in this title.
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…
RCW 26.40.050 Petition by parent for order of commitment—Hearing—Written consent of co-custodians required.
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Upon the filing of a petition for an order for the commitment of a child to custody, a hearing upon such petition shall be held in open court, and, if the court finds that the petition should be granted, the court shall issue an order for the commitment of the child to custody as…
RCW 26.40.060 Notice, copies, filing of order of commitment.
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Upon the issuance of an order for the commitment of a child to custody, the court shall transmit copies thereof to the co-custodians named therein. For the state as co-custodian the copy of such order shall be filed with the department of social and health services whose duty it …
RCW 26.40.070 Petition by parent for rescission, change in co-custodians, determination of parental responsibility.
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The parents or parent upon whose petition an order for the commitment of a child to custody has been issued may, before such commitment becomes effective, petition the court for a rescission of the order or for a change in the co-custodians other than the state, or to determine t…
RCW 26.40.080 Health and welfare of committed child—State and co-custodian responsibilities.
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It shall be the responsibility of the state and the appropriate departments and agencies thereof to discover methods and procedures by which the mental and/or physical health of the child in custody may be improved and, with the consent of the co-custodians, to apply those method…
RCW 26.40.090 Petition by co-custodians for rescission of commitment—Hearing.
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When the co-custodians of any child committed to custody under provisions of this chapter agree that such child is no longer in need of custody they may petition the court for a rescission of the commitment to custody. Upon the filing of such petition a hearing shall be held in o…
RCW 26.40.100 Chapter does not affect commitments under other laws.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the authority of the courts to make commitments as otherwise provided by law.[ 1955 c 272 s 10.]