BILL REQ. #:  S-1006.1 

Read first time 01/31/11.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to staying an order terminating parental rights; and adding a new section to chapter 26.33 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 26.33 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) An order terminating a person's parental rights that is entered in a proceeding initiated under either chapter 13.34 RCW or this chapter shall be automatically stayed for thirty days after entry of the order terminating parental rights. If a notice of appeal is filed with respect to the termination order during the thirty-day period, the automatic stay shall continue until the appeal is complete or the stay is lifted by the reviewing court. If a notice of appeal is not filed within the thirty-day period, the automatic stay shall expire.
     (2) The automatic stay under this section shall stay the execution of the termination order to the extent that it would permit entry of an order of adoption without the parent's consent or surrender, and shall also stay the termination order with respect to any power granted to a person or agency to consent to an adoption.