Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 13.32A RCW
FAMILY RECONCILIATION ACT
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13.32A.010Legislative findings and intent.
13.32A.015At-risk youth services—Intent.
13.32A.020Short title.
13.32A.030Definitions—Regulating leave from semi-secure facility.
13.32A.040Family reconciliation services.
13.32A.045Family reconciliation services—Data.
13.32A.080Unlawful harboring of a minor—Penalty—Defense—Prosecution of adult for involving child in commission of offense.
13.32A.082Providing shelter to minor—Requirement to notify parent, law enforcement, or department.
13.32A.084Providing shelter to minor—Immunity from liability.
13.32A.085Unlicensed youth shelter or unlicensed runaway and homeless youth program—Private right of action or claim.
13.32A.086Duty of law enforcement agencies to identify runaway children under RCW 43.43.510.
13.32A.100Family reconciliation services for child in out-of-home placement.
13.32A.110Interstate compact to apply, when.
13.32A.120Out-of-home placement—Agreement, continuation—Petition to approve or continue.
13.32A.125Temporary out-of-home placement in semi-secure crisis residential center.
13.32A.128Child admitted to secure facility—Limitations.
13.32A.140Out-of-home placement—Child in need of services petition by department—Procedure.
13.32A.150Out-of-home placement—Child in need of services petition by child or parent.
13.32A.152Child in need of services petition—Service on parents—Notice to department—Petitions regarding Indian children.
13.32A.160Out-of-home placement—Court action upon filing of child in need of services petition—Child placement.
13.32A.170Out-of-home placement—Fact-finding hearing.
13.32A.175Out-of-home placement—Contribution to child's support—Enforcement of order.
13.32A.177Out-of-home placement—Determination of support payments.
13.32A.178Out-of-home placement—Child support—Exceptions.
13.32A.179Out-of-home placement—Disposition hearing—Court order—Dispositional plan—Child subject to contempt proceedings—Dismissal of order at request of department or parent.
13.32A.180Out-of-home placement—Court order—No placement in secure residence.
13.32A.190Out-of-home placement dispositional order—Review hearings—Time limitation on out-of-home placement—Termination of placement at request of parent.
13.32A.191At-risk youth—Petition by parent.
13.32A.192At-risk youth petition—Prehearing procedures.
13.32A.194At-risk youth petition—Court procedures.
13.32A.196At-risk youth petition—Dispositional hearing.
13.32A.197Disposition hearing—Additional orders for specialized treatment—Review hearings—Limitation—Use of state funds.
13.32A.198At-risk youth—Review by court.
13.32A.200Hearings under chapter—Time or place—Public excluded.
13.32A.205Acceptance of petitions by court—Damages.
13.32A.210Foster home placement—Parental preferences.
13.32A.250Failure to comply with order as civil contempt—Motion—Penalties.
13.32A.270Youth who have been diverted—Alleged prostitution or prostitution loitering offenses—Services and treatment.
13.32A.300No entitlement to services created by chapter.
NOTES:
Consistency required in administration of statutes applicable to runaway youth, at-risk youth, and families in conflict: RCW 43.20A.770.
Family preservation services: Chapter 74.14C RCW.
Foster placement prevention: Chapter 74.14C RCW.
Implementation of chapters 13.32A and 13.34 RCW: RCW 74.13.036.
Juvenile may be both dependent and an offender: RCW 13.04.300.
Services for families-in-conflict: RCW 74.14A.020.
Transitional treatment program for gang and drug-involved juvenile offenders: RCW 13.40.310.