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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5958
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Rinehart and McDonald; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
Read first time 03/25/93.
AN ACT Relating to financial responsility for juvenile offenders; and amending RCW 13.40.220.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 13.40.220 and 1977 ex.s. c 291 s 76 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Whenever legal custody of a child is vested in someone other than his or her parents, after due notice to the parents or other persons legally obligated to care for and support the child, and after a hearing, the court may order and decree that the parent or other legally obligated person shall pay in such a manner as the court may direct a reasonable sum representing in whole or in part the costs of support, treatment, and confinement of the child after the decree is entered.
(2) Whenever legal custody of a child is vested in the department of social and health services, after due notice to the parents or other persons legally obligated to care for and support the child, and after a hearing, the court shall order and decree that the parent or other legally obligated person shall pay for support, treatment, and confinement of the child after the decree is entered, following the department of social and health services reimbursement of cost schedule. The department of social and health services shall collect the debt in accordance with chapter 43.20B RCW.
(3) If the parent or other legally obligated person willfully fails or refuses to pay such sum, the court may proceed against such person for contempt.
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