16 chapters · 345 sections in this title.
RCW 13.38.060 Jurisdiction.
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(1) An Indian tribe shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any child custody proceeding involving an Indian child who resides or is domiciled within the reservation of that tribe, unless the tribe has consented to the state's concurrent jurisdiction, the tribe has expressly decli…
RCW 13.38.070 Notice—Procedures—Determination of Indian status.
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(1) In any involuntary child custody proceeding seeking the foster care placement of, or the termination of parental rights to, a child in which the petitioning party or the court knows, or has reason to know, that the child is or may be an Indian child as defined in this chapter…
RCW 13.38.080 Transfer of jurisdiction.
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(1) In any proceeding for the foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child who is not domiciled or residing within the reservation of the Indian child's tribe, the court shall, in the absence of good cause to the contrary, transfer the proceedin…
RCW 13.38.090 Right to intervene.
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The Indian child, the Indian child's tribe or tribes, and the Indian custodian have the right to intervene at any point in any child custody proceeding involving the Indian child. [ 2011 c 309 s 9.]