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2020 Revised Code of Washington
Title 26 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 26.33 - Adoption.
26.33.010 Intent.
Universal Citation: WA Rev Code § 26.33.010 (2020)
RCW 26.33.010 Intent.
The legislature finds that the purpose of adoption is to provide stable homes for children. Adoptions should be handled efficiently, but the rights of all parties must be protected. The guiding principle must be determining what is in the best interest of the child. It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter be used only as a means for placing children in adoptive homes and not as a means for parents to avoid responsibility for their children unless the department, an agency, or a prospective adoptive parent is willing to assume the responsibility for the child.
[ 1984 c 155 ยง 1.]
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