HB 1008 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Directs the administrative office of the courts to develop and prepare instructions required under RCW 74.34.110, standard petition and order for protection forms, and a court staff handbook on the protection order process. The standard petition and order for protection forms must be used after September 1, 2007, for all petitions filed and orders issued under this chapter.

Directs the administrative office of the courts to determine the significant non-English-speaking or limited-English-speaking populations in the state. The administrator shall then arrange for translation of the instructions required by this act, which shall contain a sample of the standard petition and order for protection forms, into the languages spoken by those significant non-English-speaking populations, and shall distribute a master copy of the translated instructions to all court clerks by September 1, 2007.