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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.630 - Youth court dispositions.

RCW 13.40.630
Youth court dispositions.
(1) Youth court dispositional options include those delineated in RCW 13.40.080, and may also include:
(a) Participating in law-related education classes, appropriate counseling, treatment, or other education [educational] programs;
(b) Providing periodic reports to the youth court;
(c) Participating in mentoring programs;
(d) Serving as a participant in future youth court proceedings;
(e) Writing apology letters; or
(f) Writing essays.
(2) Youth courts shall not impose a term of confinement or detention. Youth courts may require that the youth pay reasonable fees to participate in youth court and in classes, counseling, treatment, or other educational programs that are the disposition of the youth court.
(3) A youth court disposition shall be completed within one hundred eighty days from the date of referral.
(4) Pursuant to RCW 13.40.080(1), a youth court disposition shall be reduced to writing and signed by the youth and his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian accepting the disposition terms.
(5) [A] youth court shall notify the juvenile court upon successful or unsuccessful completion of the disposition.
(6) [A] youth court shall notify the prosecutor or probation counselor of a failure to successfully complete the youth court disposition.
[ 2002 c 237 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.650 - Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.

RCW 13.40.650
Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.
(1) Except in extraordinary circumstances, no restraints of any kind may be used on any pregnant youth in an institution or detention facility covered by this chapter during transportation to and from visits to medical providers and court proceedings during the third trimester of her pregnancy, or during postpartum recovery. For purposes of this section, "extraordinary circumstances" exist where an employee at an institution or detention facility makes an individualized determination that restraints are necessary to prevent an incarcerated pregnant youth from escaping, or from injuring herself, medical or correctional personnel, or others. In the event the employee of the institution or detention facility determines that extraordinary circumstances exist and restraints are used, the employee of the institution or detention facility must fully document in writing the reasons that he or she determined such extraordinary circumstances existed such that restraints were used. As part of this documentation, the employee of the institution or detention facility must also include the kind of restraints used and the reasons those restraints were considered the least restrictive available and the most reasonable under the circumstances.
(2) While the pregnant youth is in labor or in childbirth no restraints of any kind may be used. Nothing in this section affects the use of hospital restraints requested for the medical safety of a patient by treating physicians licensed under Title 18 RCW.
(3) Anytime restraints are permitted to be used on a pregnant youth, the restraints must be the least restrictive available and the most reasonable under the circumstances, but in no case shall leg irons or waist chains be used on any youth known to be pregnant.
(4) No employee of the institution or detention facility shall be present in the room during the pregnant youth's labor or childbirth, unless specifically requested by medical personnel. If the employee's presence is requested by medical personnel, the employee should be female, if practicable.
(5) If the doctor, nurse, or other health professional treating the pregnant youth requests that restraints not be used, the employee of the institution or detention facility accompanying the pregnant youth shall immediately remove all restraints.
[ 2010 c 181 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.651 - Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Provision of information to staff and pregnant youth in custody.

RCW 13.40.651
Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Provision of information to staff and pregnant youth in custody.
(1) The director of the juvenile detention facility shall provide an informational packet about the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to all medical staff and nonmedical staff who are involved in the transportation of youth who are pregnant, as well as such other staff as appropriate. The informational packet provided to staff under this section shall be developed as provided in RCW 70.48.800.
(2) The director shall cause the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to be provided to all youth who are pregnant, at the time the facility assumes custody of the person. In addition, the facility shall cause a notice containing the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to be posted in conspicuous locations in the detention facilities, including but not limited to the locations in which medical care is provided within the facilities.
[ 2010 c 181 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.660 - Exchange of intimate images by minors—Findings—Work group.

RCW 13.40.660
Exchange of intimate images by minors—Findings—Work group.
(1) The legislature finds that exchange of intimate images by minors is increasingly common, and that such actions may lead to harm and long-term consequences. The legislature intends to develop age-appropriate prevention and interventions to prevent harm and to hold accountable youth who harm others through exchange of intimate images.
(2) The Washington coalition of sexual assault programs, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the Washington association for the treatment of sexual abusers, the department of children, youth, and families, the department of social and health services, the juvenile court administrators, the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys, representatives from public defense, youth representatives, and other relevant stakeholders, shall convene a work group to make recommendations to the legislature regarding age-appropriate prevention and intervention strategies to address potential harms caused by exchange of intimate images by minors.
(3) By December 1, 2019, the work group shall make a report to the legislature identifying education, prevention, and other responses to the harms that may be associated with exchange of intimate images by minors.
[ 2019 c 128 § 2.]
NOTES:
Short title—2019 c 128: "This act may be known and cited as the responsible teen communications act." [ 2019 c 128 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.720 - Imposition of legal financial obligations—City, town, or county authority.

RCW 13.40.720
Imposition of legal financial obligations—City, town, or county authority.
Cities, towns, and counties may not impose any legal financial obligations, fees, fines, or costs associated with juvenile offenses unless there is express statutory authority for those legal financial obligations, fees, fines, or costs.
[ 2015 c 265 § 5.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2015 c 265: See note following RCW 13.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.730 - Community transition services program.

RCW 13.40.730
Community transition services program.
The department of children, youth, and families shall adopt rules, policies, and procedures as may be needed to implement a community transition services program required by chapter 206, Laws of 2021, to include the following:
(1) Identification and regular monitoring of metrics of quality implementation for the community transition program, and regularly publishing outcome analyses for program participants; and
(2) Allowing for the use of new electronic home monitoring equipment and technologies as they become available that eliminate or minimize trauma, social stigma, and racial injustice, and imposing penalties for the knowing or intentional tampering, damaging, or destruction of equipment that renders it not fully functional.
[ 2021 c 206 § 7.]
NOTES:
Findings—Appropriation—Rental vouchers—2021 c 206: See notes following RCW 72.01.412.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.735 - Planned release—Notice to health care insurance provider.

RCW 13.40.735
Planned release—Notice to health care insurance provider.
(1) At least 30 days before release from a residential facility, the secretary shall send written notice of the planned release to the person's health care insurance provider. The notice shall include the person's current location and contact information as well as the person's expected location and contact information upon release. The notice shall not disclose the person's incarceration status unless their consent is given.
(2) If the person is not enrolled in a health insurance program, the secretary and the health care authority shall assist the person in obtaining coverage for which they are eligible in accordance with the time frames specified in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The secretary may share with the health insurance provider additional health information related to the person to assist with care coordination and continuity of care consistent with RCW 70.02.230(2)(u) and other provisions of chapter 70.02 RCW.
[ 2021 c 265 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.745 - Program grants—Sex offender evaluation and treatment programs.

RCW 13.40.745
Program grants—Sex offender evaluation and treatment programs.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall develop and implement a grant program that allows defense attorneys and counties to apply for funding for sex offender evaluation and treatment programs.
(2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall provide funding to counties for process mapping, site assessment, and training for additional sex offender treatment modalities such as multisystemic therapy-problem sexual behavior or problematic sexual behavior-cognitive behavioral therapy.
[ 2023 c 150 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2023 c 150: See note following RCW 9A.44.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. › 13.40.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 13.40.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 43.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.50 - Keeping and Release of Records by Juvenile Justice or Care Agencies. › 13.50.140 - Disclosure of privileged information to office of the family and children's ombuds—Privilege not waived as to others.

RCW 13.50.140
Disclosure of privileged information to office of the family and children's ombuds—Privilege not waived as to others.
Any communication or advice privileged under RCW 5.60.060 that is disclosed by the office of the attorney general, the department of children, youth, and families, or the department of social and health services to the office of the family and children's ombuds may not be deemed to be a waiver of the privilege as to others.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 314; 2013 c 23 § 8; 1999 c 390 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.50 - Keeping and Release of Records by Juvenile Justice or Care Agencies. › 13.50.150 - Confidential records—Expungement to protect due process rights.

RCW 13.50.150
Confidential records—Expungement to protect due process rights.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the expungement of any juvenile record ordered expunged by a court to preserve the due process rights of its subject.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 291 § 13. Formerly RCW 13.04.276, see 1979 c 155 § 12.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1979 c 155: See notes following RCW 13.04.011.
Effective date—Severability—1977 ex.s. c 291: See notes following RCW 13.04.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.50 - Keeping and Release of Records by Juvenile Justice or Care Agencies. › 13.50.160 - Disposition records—Provision to schools.

RCW 13.50.160
Disposition records—Provision to schools.
Records of disposition for a juvenile offense must be provided to schools as provided in RCW 13.04.155.
[ 1997 c 266 § 8.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Severability—1997 c 266: See notes following RCW 28A.600.455.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.50 - Keeping and Release of Records by Juvenile Justice or Care Agencies. › 13.50.200 - Records of motor vehicle operation violation forwarded.

RCW 13.50.200
Records of motor vehicle operation violation forwarded.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, whenever a child is arrested for a violation of any law, including municipal ordinances, regulating the operation of vehicles on the public highways, a copy of the traffic citation and a record of the action taken by the court shall be forwarded by the juvenile court to the department of licensing in the same manner as provided in RCW 46.20.270.
[ 1979 c 155 § 13; 1977 ex.s. c 291 § 14. Formerly RCW 13.04.278.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1979 c 155: See notes following RCW 13.04.011.
Effective date—Severability—1977 ex.s. c 291: See notes following RCW 13.04.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.50 - Keeping and Release of Records by Juvenile Justice or Care Agencies. › 13.50.250 - Records chapter applicable to.

RCW 13.50.250
Records chapter applicable to.
This chapter applies to all juvenile justice or care agency records created on or after July 1, 1978.
[ 1979 c 155 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1979 c 155: See notes following RCW 13.04.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.50 - Keeping and Release of Records by Juvenile Justice or Care Agencies. › 13.50.280 - Court and judicial agency records—Use for research or data gathering purposes.

RCW 13.50.280
Court and judicial agency records—Use for research or data gathering purposes.
(1) Courts and judicial agencies that maintain a database of juvenile records may provide those records, whether sealed or not, to government agencies for the purpose of carrying out research or data gathering functions. This data may also be linked with records from other agencies or research organizations, provided that any agency receiving or using records under this subsection maintain strict confidentiality of the identity of the juveniles who are the subjects of such records.
(2) Juvenile records, whether sealed or not, can be provided without personal identifiers to researchers conducting legitimate research for educational, scientific, or public purposes, so long as the data is not used by the recipients of the records to identify an individual with a juvenile record.
[ 2015 c 265 § 9.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2015 c 265: See note following RCW 13.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.60 - Missing Children Clearinghouse. › 13.60.020 - Entry of information on missing children or endangered persons into missing person computer network—Access.

RCW 13.60.020
Entry of information on missing children or endangered persons into missing person computer network—Access.
Local law enforcement agencies shall file an official missing person report and enter biographical information into the state missing person computerized network within six hours after notification of a missing child or endangered person is received under *RCW 13.32A.050(1) (a), (c), or (d), or an endangered missing person received pursuant to the state endangered missing person advisory plan. The patrol shall collect such information as will enable it to retrieve immediately the following information about a missing child or endangered person: Name, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint classification, relevant physical descriptions, and known associates and locations. Access to the preceding information shall be available to appropriate law enforcement agencies, and to parents and legal guardians, when appropriate.
[ 2013 c 285 § 2; 1985 c 443 § 23.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 13.32A.050 was recodified as RCW 43.185C.260 pursuant to 2015 c 69 § 30. RCW 43.185C.260 was subsequently amended by 2019 c 312 § 15, deleting subsection (1)(d).
Severability—Effective date—1985 c 443: See notes following RCW 7.69.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.60 - Missing Children Clearinghouse. › 13.60.030 - Information and education regarding missing children—Plan.

RCW 13.60.030
Information and education regarding missing children—Plan.
The superintendent of public instruction shall meet semiannually with the Washington state patrol to develop a coordinated plan for the distribution of information and education of teachers and students in the school districts of the state regarding the missing children problem in the state. The superintendent of public instruction shall encourage local school districts to cooperate by providing the state patrol information on any missing children that may be identified within the district.
[ 1985 c 443 § 24.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1985 c 443: See notes following RCW 7.69.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.60 - Missing Children Clearinghouse. › 13.60.040 - Children receiving services from department of children, youth, and families—Reporting by the department—Notification of child's whereabouts.

RCW 13.60.040
Children receiving services from department of children, youth, and families—Reporting by the department—Notification of child's whereabouts.
The department of children, youth, and families shall develop a procedure for reporting missing children information to the missing children clearinghouse on children who are receiving departmental services in each of its administrative regions. The purpose of this procedure is to link parents to missing children. When the department has obtained information that a minor child has been located at a facility funded by the department, the department shall notify the clearinghouse and the child's legal custodian, advising the custodian of the child's whereabouts or that the child is subject to a dependency action. The department shall inform the clearinghouse when reunification occurs.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 316; 1999 c 267 § 18.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
Findings—Intent—Severability—1999 c 267: See notes following RCW 43.20A.790.
Short title—Purpose—Entitlement not granted—Federal waivers—1999 c 267 §§ 10-26: See RCW 74.15.900 and 74.15.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.60 - Missing Children Clearinghouse. › 13.60.050 - Endangered missing person advisory plan.

RCW 13.60.050
Endangered missing person advisory plan.
Within existing resources, the Washington state patrol shall develop and implement a plan, commonly known as an "endangered missing person advisory plan," for voluntary cooperation between local, state, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies, state government agencies, radio and television stations, and cable and satellite systems to enhance the public's ability to assist in recovering endangered missing persons who do not qualify for inclusion in an amber alert.
[ 2009 c 20 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.60 - Missing Children Clearinghouse. › 13.60.100 - Task force on missing and exploited children—Findings, intent.

RCW 13.60.100
Task force on missing and exploited children—Findings, intent.
The legislature finds a compelling need to address the problem of missing children, whether those children have been abducted by a stranger, are missing due to custodial interference, or are classified as runaways. Washington state ranks twelfth in the nation for active cases of missing juveniles and, at any given time, more than one thousand eight hundred Washington children are reported as missing. The potential for physical and psychological trauma to these children is extreme. Therefore, the legislature finds that it is paramount for the safety of these children that there be a concerted effort to resolve cases of missing and exploited children.
Due to the complexity of many child abduction cases, most law enforcement personnel are unprepared and lack adequate resources to successfully and efficiently investigate these crimes. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature that a multiagency task force be established within the Washington state patrol, to be available to assist local jurisdictions in missing child cases through referrals, on-site assistance, case management, and training. The legislature intends that the task force will increase the effectiveness of a specific case investigation by drawing from the combined resources, knowledge, and technical expertise of the members of the task force.
[ 1999 c 168 § 1.]
NOTES:
Short title—1999 c 168: "This act may be known and cited as the Teekah Lewis act." [ 1999 c 168 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.60 - Missing Children Clearinghouse. › 13.60.110 - Task force on missing and exploited children—Establishment—Activities.

RCW 13.60.110
Task force on missing and exploited children—Establishment—Activities.
(1) A task force on missing and exploited children is established in the Washington state patrol. The task force shall be under the direction of the chief of the state patrol.
(2) The task force is authorized to assist law enforcement agencies, upon request, in cases involving missing or exploited children by:
(a) Direct assistance and case management;
(b) Technical assistance;
(c) Personnel training;
(d) Referral for assistance from local, state, national, and international agencies; and
(e) Coordination and information sharing among local, state, interstate, and federal law enforcement and social service agencies.
(3) To maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of state resources and to improve interagency cooperation, the task force shall, where feasible, use existing facilities, systems, and staff made available by the state patrol and other local, state, interstate, and federal law enforcement and social service agencies. The chief of the state patrol may employ such additional personnel as are necessary for the work of the task force and may share personnel costs with other agencies.
(4) The chief of the state patrol shall seek public and private grants and gifts to support the work of the task force.
(5) For the purposes of this chapter, "exploited children" means children under the age of eighteen who are employed, used, persuaded, induced, enticed, or coerced to engage in, or assist another person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct. "Exploited children" also means the rape, molestation, or use for prostitution of children under the age of eighteen.
[ 2016 c 208 § 2; 2009 c 518 § 4; 1999 c 168 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2016 c 208: "The legislature finds that the advisory board on missing and exploited children has successfully achieved seamless communication and coordinated efforts between Washington state agencies investigating child exploitation cases under the oversight of the Washington state patrol, thereby fully satisfying the purposes and goals of the advisory board as established in 1999 under RCW 13.60.120. The legislature therefore intends to ensure the multiagency task force on missing and exploited children continues to operate under the oversight of the Washington state patrol and continue to successfully identify and arrest individuals who exploit children." [ 2016 c 208 § 1.]
Short title—1999 c 168: See note following RCW 13.60.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.010 - Declaration of emancipation.

RCW 13.64.010
Declaration of emancipation.
Any minor who is sixteen years of age or older and who is a resident of this state may petition in the superior court for a declaration of emancipation.
[ 1993 c 294 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.020 - Petition for emancipation—Filing fees.

RCW 13.64.020
Petition for emancipation—Filing fees.
(1) A petition for emancipation shall be signed and verified by the petitioner, and shall include the following information: (a) The full name of the petitioner, the petitioner's birthdate, and the state and county of birth; (b) a certified copy of the petitioner's birth certificate; (c) the name and last known address of the petitioner's parent or parents, guardian, or custodian; (d) the petitioner's present address, and length of residence at that address; (e) a declaration by the petitioner indicating that he or she has the ability to manage his or her financial affairs, including any supporting information; and (f) a declaration by the petitioner indicating that he or she has the ability to manage his or her personal, social, educational, and nonfinancial affairs, including any supporting information.
(2) Fees for this section are set under RCW 36.18.014.
[ 1995 c 292 § 7; 1993 c 294 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.030 - Service of petition—Notice—Date of hearing.

RCW 13.64.030
Service of petition—Notice—Date of hearing.
The petitioner shall serve a copy of the filed petition and notice of hearing on the petitioner's parent or parents, guardian, or custodian at least fifteen days before the emancipation hearing. No summons shall be required. Service shall be waived if proof is made to the court that the address of the parent or parents, guardian, or custodian is unavailable or unascertainable. The petitioner shall also serve notice of the hearing on the department of children, youth, and families if the petitioner is subject to dependency disposition order under RCW 13.34.130. The hearing shall be held no later than sixty days after the date on which the petition is filed.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 317; 1993 c 294 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.040 - Hearing on petition.

RCW 13.64.040
Hearing on petition.
(1) The hearing on the petition shall be before a judicial officer, sitting without a jury. Prior to the presentation of proof the judicial officer shall determine whether: (a) The petitioning minor understands the consequences of the petition regarding his or her legal rights and responsibilities; (b) a guardian ad litem should be appointed to investigate the allegations of the petition and file a report with the court.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term "judicial officer" means: (a) A judge; (b) a superior court commissioner of a unified family court if the county operates a unified family court; or (c) any superior court commissioner if the county does not operate a unified family court. The term does not include a judge pro tempore.
[ 2001 c 161 § 1; 1993 c 294 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.050 - Emancipation decree—Certified copy—Notation of emancipated status.

RCW 13.64.050
Emancipation decree—Certified copy—Notation of emancipated status.
(1) The court shall grant the petition for emancipation, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if the petitioner proves the following facts by clear and convincing evidence: (a) That the petitioner is sixteen years of age or older; (b) that the petitioner is a resident of the state; (c) that the petitioner has the ability to manage his or her financial affairs; and (d) that the petitioner has the ability to manage his or her personal, social, educational, and nonfinancial affairs.
(2) A parent, guardian, custodian, or in the case of a dependent minor, the department of children, youth, and families, may oppose the petition for emancipation. The court shall deny the petition unless it finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that denial of the grant of emancipation would be detrimental to the interests of the minor.
(3) Upon entry of a decree of emancipation by the court the petitioner shall be given a certified copy of the decree. The decree shall instruct the petitioner to obtain a Washington driver's license or a Washington identification card and direct the department of licensing make a notation of the emancipated status on the license or identification card.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 318; 1993 c 294 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.060 - Power and capacity of emancipated minor.

RCW 13.64.060
Power and capacity of emancipated minor.
(1) An emancipated minor shall be considered to have the power and capacity of an adult, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. A minor shall be considered emancipated for the purposes of, but not limited to:
(a) The termination of parental obligations of financial support, care, supervision, and any other obligation the parent may have by virtue of the parent-child relationship, including obligations imposed because of marital dissolution;
(b) The right to sue or be sued in his or her own name;
(c) The right to retain his or her own earnings;
(d) The right to establish a separate residence or domicile;
(e) The right to enter into nonvoidable contracts;
(f) The right to act autonomously, and with the power and capacity of an adult, in all business relationships, including but not limited to property transactions;
(g) The right to work, and earn a living, subject only to the health and safety regulations designed to protect those under age of majority regardless of their legal status; and
(h) The right to give informed consent for receiving health care services.
(2) An emancipated minor shall not be considered an adult for: (a) The purposes of the adult criminal laws of the state unless the decline of jurisdiction procedures contained in RCW 13.40.110 are used or the minor is tried in criminal court pursuant to *RCW 13.04.030(1)(e)(iv); (b) the criminal laws of the state when the emancipated minor is a victim and the age of the victim is an element of the offense; or (c) those specific constitutional and statutory age requirements regarding voting, use of alcoholic beverages, possession of firearms, and other health and safety regulations relevant to the minor because of the minor's age.
[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 436; 1993 c 294 § 6.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 13.04.030 was amended by 1997 c 341 § 3, changing subsection (1)(e)(iv) to subsection (1)(e)(v).
Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 7 §§ 401-410, 413-416, 418-437, and 439-460: See note following RCW 9.41.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.070 - Declaration of emancipation—Voidable.

RCW 13.64.070
Declaration of emancipation—Voidable.
A declaration of emancipation obtained by fraud is voidable. The voiding of any such declaration shall not affect any obligations, rights, or interests that arose during the period the declaration was in effect.
[ 1993 c 294 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.080 - Forms to initiate petition of emancipation.

RCW 13.64.080
Forms to initiate petition of emancipation.
The administrative office of the courts shall prepare and distribute to the county court clerks appropriate forms for minors seeking to initiate a petition of emancipation.
[ 2005 c 282 § 28; 1993 c 294 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.900 - Effective date—1993 c 294.

RCW 13.64.900
Effective date—1993 c 294.
This act shall take effect January 1, 1994.
[ 1993 c 294 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.64 - Emancipation of Minors. › 13.64.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 13.64.901
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 44.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.80 - Learning and Life Skills Grant Program. › 13.80.010 - Purpose.

RCW 13.80.010
Purpose.
The learning and life skills grant program is created. The purpose of the program is to provide services, to the extent funds are appropriated, for court-involved youth under the age of twenty-one to help the youth attain the necessary life skills and educational skills to obtain a certificate of educational competency, obtain employment, return to a school program, or enter a postsecondary education or job-training program.
[ 1994 c 152 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.80 - Learning and Life Skills Grant Program. › 13.80.020 - Definitions.

RCW 13.80.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Court-involved youth" means those youth under the age of twenty-one who, within the past twenty-four months:
(a) Have served a court-imposed sentence;
(b) Are or have been on probation or parole; or
(c) Are involved in a legal proceeding in which the youth may be found to have committed a criminal or juvenile offense and are not participating in a diversion agreement under RCW 13.40.080.
(2) "Department" means the department of social and health services.
[ 1994 c 152 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.80 - Learning and Life Skills Grant Program. › 13.80.030 - Program grants.

RCW 13.80.030
Program grants.
(1) The learning and life skills program grants shall be administered by the department.
(2) The department shall select individual school districts or groups of school districts through an educational service district that agree to establish a program for court-involved youth. To be eligible for grants, the district shall agree to expend for the program no less than the amount of state funds received on a full-time equivalent student basis for the number of full-time equivalent students participating in the program. The school district shall also transmit to the program any federal funds received for students participating in the program. During the 1994-95 school year, only school districts or educational service districts operating a program for court-involved youth on or before June 1, 1993, are eligible for grants.
(3) The department shall grant funds, to the extent funds are appropriated, to selected districts for the district to provide or contract for the provision of facilities and case management and counseling services for students in the program.
(4) In selecting districts, the department shall require districts to enter into agreements. Districts participating in the program shall agree to the following: To serve only court-involved youth in the program and give priority to those students who have few other educational options; to design a program to meet the specific needs of court-involved youth generally and the specific needs of individual students; to collaborate with the county courts and local community organizations; and to define program goals clearly.
(5) The department has the authority to withhold grant funds if the terms of the agreement are not met.
(6) Selected districts shall establish procedures to keep daily attendance records for students participating in the program.
(7) Selected districts shall agree to participate fully in an evaluation of the program by the department.
[ 1994 c 152 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.80 - Learning and Life Skills Grant Program. › 13.80.050 - Evaluation.

RCW 13.80.050
Evaluation.
The department shall periodically evaluate the program including but not limited to providing data on the youth served, the type and extent of court involvement, the type of services provided, the length of stay of each student in the program, the academic progress of the youth, the recidivism rate, and rates of employment and enrollment in postsecondary education.
[ 1994 c 152 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.90 - Vulnerable Youth Guardianship Program. › 13.90.010 - Definitions.

RCW 13.90.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of children, youth, and families.
(2) "Guardian" means a person who has been appointed by the court as the guardian of a vulnerable youth in a legal proceeding under this chapter. The term "guardian" does not include a "dependency guardian" appointed pursuant to a proceeding under chapter 13.34 RCW for the purpose of assisting the court in supervising the dependency. The term "guardian" does not include a "guardian" appointed pursuant to a proceeding under chapter 13.36 RCW or a "dependency guardian" appointed pursuant to a proceeding under chapter 13.34 RCW.
(3) "Juvenile court" or "court" means the juvenile division of the superior court.
(4) "Relative" means a person related to the child in the following ways:
(a) Any parent, or blood relative, including those of half-blood, and including first cousins, second cousins, nephews or nieces, and persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great, or great-great;
(b) A stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister;
(c) A person who legally adopts a child or the child's parent as well as the natural and other legally adopted children of such persons, and other relatives of the adoptive parents in accordance with state law;
(d) Spouses of any persons named in (a) through (c) of this subsection (4), even after the marriage is terminated;
(e) Relatives, as described in (a) through (d) of this subsection (4), of any half-sibling of the child.
(5)(a) "Suitable person" means a nonrelative who has completed all required criminal history background checks as specified in (b) of this subsection and otherwise appears to be suitable and competent to provide care for the youth.
(b) The criminal background checks required in (a) of this subsection are those set out in *RCW 26.10.135 (1) and (2)(b), but apply only to the guardian and not to other adult members of the household.
(6) "Vulnerable youth" is an individual who has turned eighteen years old, but who is not yet twenty-one years old and who is eligible for classification under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101(a)(27)(J). A youth who remains in a vulnerable youth guardianship under this chapter shall not be considered a "child" under any other state statute or for any other purpose. A vulnerable youth is one who is not also a nonminor dependent who is participating in extended foster care services authorized under RCW 74.13.031.
[ 2018 c 58 § 75; 2017 c 279 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Chapter 26.10 RCW, with the exception of RCW 26.10.115, was repealed by 2020 c 312 § 905. RCW 26.10.115 was repealed by 2021 c 215 § 170, effective July 1, 2022.
Effective date—2018 c 58: See note following RCW 28A.655.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.90 - Vulnerable Youth Guardianship Program. › 13.90.020 - Petition for guardianship—Requirements.

RCW 13.90.020
Petition for guardianship—Requirements.
(1) A vulnerable youth may petition the court that a vulnerable youth guardianship be established for him or her by filing a petition in juvenile court under this chapter. The proposed guardian must agree to join in the petition, and must receive notice of the petition.
(2) To be designated as a proposed guardian in a petition under this chapter, a person must be age twenty-one or over, suitable, and capable of performing the duties of guardian under RCW 13.90.040, including but not limited to parents, licensed foster parents, relatives, and suitable persons.
(3) The petition must allege and show that:
(a) Both the petitioner and the proposed guardian agree to the establishment of a guardianship;
(b) The youth is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years;
(c) The youth is prima facie eligible to apply for classification under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101(a)(27)(J);
(d) The youth requests the support of a responsible adult; and
(e) The proposed guardian agrees to serve as guardian, and is a suitable adult over twenty-one years old who is capable of performing the duties of a guardian as stated in RCW 13.90.040.
(4) There must be no fee associated with the filing of a vulnerable youth guardianship petition by or for a vulnerable youth under this section.
[ 2017 c 279 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.90 - Vulnerable Youth Guardianship Program. › 13.90.030 - Petition for guardianship—Hearing.

RCW 13.90.030
Petition for guardianship—Hearing.
(1) At the hearing on a vulnerable youth guardianship petition, both parties, the vulnerable youth and the proposed guardian, have the right to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses. The rules of evidence apply to the conduct of the hearing.
(2) A vulnerable youth guardianship must be established if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(a) The allegations in the petition are true;
(b) It is in the vulnerable youth's best interest to establish a vulnerable youth guardianship; and
(c) The vulnerable youth consents in writing to the appointment of a guardian.
(3) A guardianship established under subsection (2) of this section remains in effect as provided in RCW 13.90.060.
[ 2017 c 279 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders › Chapter 13.90 - Vulnerable Youth Guardianship Program. › 13.90.040 - Order establishing guardianship.

RCW 13.90.040
Order establishing guardianship.
(1) If the court has made the findings required under RCW 13.90.030, the court shall issue an order establishing a vulnerable youth guardianship for the vulnerable youth. The order shall:
(a) Appoint a person to be the guardian for the vulnerable youth;
(b) Provide that the guardian shall ensure that the legal rights of the vulnerable youth are not violated, and may specify the guardian's other rights and responsibilities concerning the care, custody, and nurturing of the vulnerable youth;
(c) Specify that the guardian shall not have possession of any identity documents belonging to the vulnerable youth; and
(d) Specify the need for and scope of continued oversight by the court, if any.
(2) Unless specifically ordered by the court, the standards and requirements for relocation in chapter 26.09 RCW do not apply to vulnerable youth guardianships established under this chapter.
(3) The court shall provide a certified copy of the vulnerable youth guardianship order to the vulnerable youth and the guardian.
(4) For an unrepresented vulnerable youth whose vulnerable youth guardian is a suitable person, as defined in RCW 13.90.010, the court shall provide a list of service providers and available resources for survivors of human trafficking, such as any relevant lists or materials created by the Washington state task force against the trafficking of persons under RCW 7.68.350.
[ 2017 c 279 § 6.]