HB 2756-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/13/98)

     Authorizes restraining orders to prohibit a person from contacting or coming within a specified distance of another person.

     Declares that collecting information and entering it in the judicial information system does not constitute the practice of law, and clerks are not responsible for incorrect or incomplete information provided by the litigants and entered in the judicial information system.  County clerks are not liable for unauthorized release of information outside their office by court personnel.  Sharing this information with other courts in the state of Washington does not violate statutory confidentiality restrictions, provided that juvenile dependency records covered by RCW 13.50.100 may be shared only among superior courts.