Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 11.90 RCW
UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
11.90.010Short title.
11.90.020Definitions.
11.90.030Foreign country treatment.
11.90.040Communications with out-of-state courts.
11.90.050Requests between in-state and out-of-state courts.
11.90.060Testimony and documentary evidence from another state.
JURISDICTION
11.90.200Definitions.
11.90.210Exclusive jurisdictional basis.
11.90.220Appointing a guardian or issuing a protective order.
11.90.230Special jurisdiction.
11.90.240Exclusive jurisdiction for court appointing a guardian or issuing a protective order.
11.90.250In-state court declining jurisdiction.
11.90.260Jurisdiction required by unjustifiable conduct.
11.90.270Notice of petition requirements when not respondent's home state on filing date.
11.90.280Rules when guardian appointment or protective order petition is filed in Washington and another state.
TRANSFER OF GUARDIANSHIP
11.90.400Procedure for transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to an out-of-state court.
11.90.410Procedures for transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to Washington.
11.90.420Registering out-of-state guardianship.
11.90.430Registering an out-of-state protective order.
11.90.440Enforcement of guardianship or protective order from another state.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.90.450Uniformity.
11.90.460Application of the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
11.90.470Application.