SHB 1239 -
By Senators Hargrove, Regala, Stevens
ADOPTED 04/22/2009
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 13.04.030 and 2005 c 290 s 1 and 2005 c 238 s 1 are
each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as provided in this section, the juvenile courts in this
state shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over all proceedings:
(a) Under the interstate compact on placement of children as
provided in chapter 26.34 RCW;
(b) Relating to children alleged or found to be dependent as
provided in chapter 26.44 RCW and in RCW 13.34.030 through
((13.34.170)) 13.34.161;
(c) Relating to the termination of a parent and child relationship
as provided in RCW 13.34.180 through 13.34.210;
(d) To approve or disapprove out-of-home placement as provided in
RCW 13.32A.170;
(e) Relating to juveniles alleged or found to have committed
offenses, traffic or civil infractions, or violations as provided in
RCW 13.40.020 through 13.40.230, unless:
(i) The juvenile court transfers jurisdiction of a particular
juvenile to adult criminal court pursuant to RCW 13.40.110;
(ii) The statute of limitations applicable to adult prosecution for
the offense, traffic or civil infraction, or violation has expired;
(iii) The alleged offense or infraction is a traffic, fish,
boating, or game offense, or traffic or civil infraction committed by
a juvenile sixteen years of age or older and would, if committed by an
adult, be tried or heard in a court of limited jurisdiction, in which
instance the appropriate court of limited jurisdiction shall have
jurisdiction over the alleged offense or infraction, and no guardian ad
litem is required in any such proceeding due to the juvenile's age((:
PROVIDED, That)). If such an alleged offense or infraction and an
alleged offense or infraction subject to juvenile court jurisdiction
arise out of the same event or incident, the juvenile court may have
jurisdiction of both matters((: PROVIDED FURTHER, That)). The
jurisdiction under this subsection does not constitute "transfer" or a
"decline" for purposes of RCW 13.40.110(1) or (e)(i) of this
subsection((: PROVIDED FURTHER, That)). Courts of limited
jurisdiction which confine juveniles for an alleged offense or
infraction may place juveniles in juvenile detention facilities under
an agreement with the officials responsible for the administration of
the juvenile detention facility in RCW 13.04.035 and 13.20.060;
(iv) The alleged offense is a traffic or civil infraction, a
violation of compulsory school attendance provisions under chapter
28A.225 RCW, or a misdemeanor, and a court of limited jurisdiction has
assumed concurrent jurisdiction over those offenses as provided in RCW
13.04.0301; or
(v) The juvenile is sixteen or seventeen years old on the date the
alleged offense is committed and the alleged offense is:
(A) A serious violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030;
(B) A violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 and the juvenile
has a criminal history consisting of: (I) One or more prior serious
violent offenses; (II) two or more prior violent offenses; or (III)
three or more of any combination of the following offenses: Any class
A felony, any class B felony, vehicular assault, or manslaughter in the
second degree, all of which must have been committed after the
juvenile's thirteenth birthday and prosecuted separately;
(C) Robbery in the first degree, rape of a child in the first
degree, or drive-by shooting, committed on or after July 1, 1997;
(D) Burglary in the first degree committed on or after July 1,
1997, and the juvenile has a criminal history consisting of one or more
prior felony or misdemeanor offenses; or
(E) Any violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 committed on or
after July 1, 1997, and the juvenile is alleged to have been armed with
a firearm.
(I) In such a case the adult criminal court shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction, except as provided in (e)(v)(E)(II) of this
subsection.
(II) The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the
disposition of any remaining charges in any case in which the juvenile
is found not guilty in the adult criminal court of the charge or
charges for which he or she was transferred, or is convicted in the
adult criminal court of a lesser included offense that is not also an
offense listed in (e)(v) of this subsection. The juvenile court shall
enter an order extending juvenile court jurisdiction if the juvenile
has turned eighteen years of age during the adult criminal court
proceedings pursuant to RCW 13.40.300. However, once the case is
returned to juvenile court, the court may hold a decline hearing
pursuant to RCW 13.40.110 to determine whether to retain the case in
juvenile court for the purpose of disposition or return the case to
adult criminal court for sentencing.
If the juvenile challenges the state's determination of the
juvenile's criminal history under (e)(v) of this subsection, the state
may establish the offender's criminal history by a preponderance of the
evidence. If the criminal history consists of adjudications entered
upon a plea of guilty, the state shall not bear a burden of
establishing the knowing and voluntariness of the plea;
(f) Under the interstate compact on juveniles as provided in
chapter 13.24 RCW;
(g) Relating to termination of a diversion agreement under RCW
13.40.080, including a proceeding in which the divertee has attained
eighteen years of age;
(h) Relating to court validation of a voluntary consent to an out-of-home placement under chapter 13.34 RCW, by the parent or Indian
custodian of an Indian child, except if the parent or Indian custodian
and child are residents of or domiciled within the boundaries of a
federally recognized Indian reservation over which the tribe exercises
exclusive jurisdiction;
(i) Relating to petitions to compel disclosure of information filed
by the department of social and health services pursuant to RCW
74.13.042; and
(j) Relating to judicial determinations and permanency planning
hearings involving developmentally disabled children who have been
placed in out-of-home care pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement
between the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian and the
department of social and health services.
(2) The family court shall have concurrent original jurisdiction
with the juvenile court over all proceedings under this section if the
superior court judges of a county authorize concurrent jurisdiction as
provided in RCW 26.12.010.
(3) The juvenile court shall have concurrent original jurisdiction
with the family court over child custody proceedings under chapter
26.10 RCW and parenting plans or residential schedules under chapters
26.09 and 26.26 RCW as provided for in RCW 13.34.155.
(4) A juvenile subject to adult superior court jurisdiction under
subsection (1)(e)(i) through (v) of this section, who is detained
pending trial, may be detained in a detention facility as defined in
RCW 13.40.020 pending sentencing or a dismissal.
Sec. 2 RCW 13.34.155 and 2000 c 135 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The court hearing the dependency petition may hear and
determine issues related to chapter 26.10 RCW in a dependency
proceeding as necessary to facilitate a permanency plan for the child
or children as part of the dependency disposition order or a dependency
review order or as otherwise necessary to implement a permanency plan
of care for a child. The parents, guardians, or legal custodian of the
child must agree, subject to court approval, to establish a permanent
custody order. This agreed order may have the concurrence of the other
parties to the dependency including the supervising agency, the
guardian ad litem of the child, and the child if age twelve or older,
and must also be in the best interests of the child. If the petitioner
for a custody order under chapter 26.10 RCW is not a party to the
dependency proceeding, he or she must agree on the record or by the
filing of a declaration to the entry of a custody order. Once an order
is entered under chapter 26.10 RCW, and the dependency petition
dismissed, the department shall not continue to supervise the
placement.
(2)(a) The court hearing the dependency petition may establish or
modify a parenting plan under chapter 26.09 or 26.26 RCW as part of a
disposition order or at a review hearing when doing so will implement
a permanent plan of care for the child and result in dismissal of the
dependency.
(b) The dependency court shall adhere to procedural requirements
under chapter 26.09 RCW and must make a written finding that the
parenting plan established or modified by the dependency court under
this section is in the child's best interests.
(c) Unless the whereabouts of one of the parents is unknown to
either the department or the court, the parents must agree, subject to
court approval, to establish the parenting plan or modify an existing
parenting plan.
(d) Whenever the court is asked to establish or modify a parenting
plan, the child's residential schedule, the allocation of decision-making authority, and dispute resolution under this section, the
dependency court may:
(i) Appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of the
child when the court believes the appointment is necessary to protect
the best interests of the child; and
(ii) Appoint an attorney to represent the interests of the child
with respect to provisions for the parenting plan.
(e) The dependency court must make a written finding that the
parenting plan established or modified by the dependency court under
this section is in the child's best interests.
(f) The dependency court may interview the child in chambers to
ascertain the child's wishes as to the child's residential schedule in
a proceeding for the entry or modification of a parenting plan under
this section. The court may permit counsel to be present at the
interview. The court shall cause a record of the interview to be made
and to become part of the court record of the dependency case and the
case under chapter 26.09 or 26.26 RCW.
(g) In the absence of agreement by a parent, guardian, or legal
custodian of the child to allow the juvenile court to hear and
determine issues related to the establishment or modification of a
parenting plan under chapter 26.09 or 26.26 RCW, a party may move the
court to transfer such issues to the family law department of the
superior court for further resolution. The court may only grant the
motion upon entry of a written finding that it is in the best interests
of the child.
(h) In any parenting plan agreed to by the parents and entered or
modified in juvenile court under this section, all issues pertaining to
child support and the division of marital property shall be referred to
or retained by the family law department of the superior court.
(3) Any court order determining issues under chapter 26.10 RCW is
subject to modification upon the same showing and standards as a court
order determining Title 26 RCW issues.
(((3))) (4) Any order entered in the dependency court establishing
or modifying a permanent legal custody order or, parenting plan, or
residential schedule under chapters 26.09, 26.10, and 26.26 RCW shall
also be filed in the chapter 26.09, 26.10, and 26.26 RCW action by the
moving or prevailing party. If the petitioning or moving party has
been found indigent and appointed counsel at public expense in the
dependency proceeding, no filing fees shall be imposed by the clerk.
Once filed, any order, parenting plan, or residential schedule
establishing or modifying permanent legal custody of a child shall
survive dismissal of the dependency proceeding."
SHB 1239 -
By Senators Hargrove, Regala, Stevens
ADOPTED 04/22/2009
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "proceedings;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 13.34.155; and reenacting and amending RCW 13.04.030."
EFFECT: Restores language allowing the court to appoint a GAL or
attorney for a child if it is necessary to protect the best interests
of the child.
Removes language that is included in another bill to avoid a
conflict.
Restores language requiring a dependency court to adhere to the
procedural requirements of chapter 26.09 RCW.