2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 13 - JUVENILE COURTS AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS
13.32A Family reconciliation act.
13.32A.180 Out-of-home placement -- Court order -- No placement in secure residence.


WA Rev Code § 13.32A.180 (2013) What's This?

RCW 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 treatment, and parental visitation rights. Any agency or residence at which the child is placed must, at a minimum, comply with minimum standards for licensed family foster homes.

     (2) No placement made pursuant to this section may be in a secure residence as defined by the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.

[1995 c 312 § 23; 1979 c 155 § 32.]

Notes:

     Short title -- 1995 c 312: See note following RCW 13.32A.010.

     Effective date -- Severability -- 1979 c 155: See notes following RCW 13.04.011.


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