Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 26 Domestic Relations - Chapter 26.44 Abuse Of Children

26.44.010 Declaration of purpose
The Washington state legislature finds and declares: The bond between a child and his or her parent, custodian, or guardian is of paramount importance, and ...

26.44.015 Limitations of chapter
(1) This chapter shall not be construed to authorize interference with child-raising practices, including reasonable parental discipline, which are not injurious to the child's health, ...

26.44.020 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Court" means the superior court of the state of ...

26.44.030 Reports -- Duty and authority to make -- Duty of receiving agency -- Duty to notify -- Case planning and consultation -- Penalty for unauthorized exchange of information -- Filing dependency petitions -- Interviews of children -- Records -- Risk assessment process
(1)(a) When any practitioner, county coroner or medical examiner, law enforcement officer, professional school personnel, registered or licensed nurse, social service counselor, psychologist, pharmacist, employee ...

26.44.031 Unfounded referrals -- Report retention
To protect the privacy in reporting and the maintenance of reports of nonaccidental injury, neglect, death, sexual abuse, and cruelty to children by their parents, ...

26.44.032 Legal defense of public employee
In cases in which a public employee subject to RCW 26.44.030 acts in good faith and without gross negligence in his or her reporting duty, ...

26.44.035 Response to complaint by more than one agency -- Procedure -- Written records
(1) If the department or a law enforcement agency responds to a complaint of alleged child abuse or neglect and discovers that another agency has ...

26.44.040 Reports -- Oral, written -- Contents
An immediate oral report must be made by telephone or otherwise to the proper law enforcement agency or the department of social and health services ...

26.44.050 Abuse or neglect of child -- Duty of law enforcement agency or department of social and health services -- Taking child into custody without court order, when
Upon the receipt of a report concerning the possible occurrence of abuse or neglect, the law enforcement agency or the department of social and health ...

26.44.053 Guardian ad litem, appointment -- Examination of person having legal custody -- Hearing -- Procedure
(1) In any judicial proceeding under this chapter or chapter 13.34 RCW in which it is alleged that a child has been subjected to child ...

26.44.056 Protective detention or custody of abused child -- Reasonable cause -- Notice -- Time limits -- Monitoring plan -- Liability
(1) An administrator of a hospital or similar institution or any physician, licensed pursuant to chapters 18.71 or 18.57 RCW, may detain a child without ...

26.44.060 Immunity from civil or criminal liability -- Confidential communications not violated -- Actions against state not affected -- False report, penalty
(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, any person participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this chapter ...

26.44.061 False reporting -- Statement warning against -- Determination letter and referral
(1) The child protective services section shall prepare a statement warning against false reporting of alleged child abuse or neglect for inclusion in any instructions, ...

26.44.063 Temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction -- Enforcement -- Notice of modification or termination of restraining order
(1) It is the intent of the legislature to minimize trauma to a child involved in an allegation of sexual or physical abuse. The legislature ...

26.44.067 Temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction -- Contents -- Notice -- Noncompliance--Defense -- Penalty
(1) Any person having had actual notice of the existence of a restraining order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to RCW 26.44.063 ...

26.44.075 Inclusion of number of child abuse reports and cases in prosecuting attorney's annual report
Commencing in 1986, the prosecuting attorney shall include in the annual report a section stating the number of child abuse reports received by the office ...

26.44.080 Violation -- Penalty
Every person who is required to make, or to cause to be made, a report pursuant to RCW 26.44.030 and 26.44.040, and who knowingly fails ...

26.44.100 Information about rights -- Legislative purpose -- Notification of investigation, report, and findings
(1) The legislature finds parents and children often are not aware of their due process rights when agencies are investigating allegations of child abuse and ...

26.44.105 Information about rights -- Oral and written information -- Copies of dependency petition and any court order
Whenever a dependency petition is filed by the department of social and health services, it shall advise the parents, and any child over the age ...

26.44.110 Information about rights -- Custody without court order -- Written statement required -- Contents
If a child has been taken into custody by law enforcement pursuant to RCW 26.44.050, the law enforcement agency shall leave a written statement with ...

26.44.115 Child taken into custody under court order -- Information to parents
If a child is taken into custody by child protective services pursuant to a court order issued under RCW 13.34.062, the child protective services worker ...

26.44.120 Information about rights -- Notice to noncustodial parent
Whenever the child protective services worker is required to notify parents and children of their basic rights and other specific information as set forth in ...

26.44.125 Alleged perpetrators -- Right to review and amendment of finding -- Hearing
(1) A person who is named as an alleged perpetrator after October 1, 1998, in a founded report of child abuse or neglect has the ...

26.44.130 Arrest without warrant
When a peace officer responds to a call alleging that a child has been subjected to sexual or physical abuse or criminal mistreatment and has ...

26.44.140 Treatment for abusive person removed from home
The court shall require that an individual who, while acting in a parental role, has physically or sexually abused a child and has been removed ...

26.44.150 Temporary restraining order restricting visitation for persons accused of sexually or physically abusing a child--Penalty for violating court order
(1) If a person who has unsupervised visitation rights with a minor child pursuant to a court order is accused of sexually or physically abusing ...

26.44.160 Allegations that child under twelve committed sex offense--Investigation--Referral to prosecuting attorney--Referral to department--Referral for treatment
(1) If a law enforcement agency receives a complaint that alleges that a child under age twelve has committed a sex offense as defined in ...

26.44.170 Alleged child abuse or neglect -- Use of alcohol or controlled substances as contributing factor -- Evaluation
(1) When, as a result of a report of alleged child abuse or neglect, an investigation is made that includes an in-person contact with the ...

26.44.180 Investigation of child sexual abuse -- Protocols -- Documentation of agencies' roles
(1) Each agency involved in investigating child sexual abuse shall document its role in handling cases and how it will coordinate with other local agencies ...

26.44.185 Investigation of child sexual abuse -- Revision and expansion of protocols -- Child fatality, child physical abuse, and criminal child neglect cases
(1) Each county shall revise and expand its existing child sexual abuse investigation protocol to address investigations of child fatality, child physical abuse, and criminal ...

26.44.190 Investigation of child abuse or neglect -- Participation by law enforcement officer
A law enforcement agency shall not allow a law enforcement officer to participate as an investigator in the investigation of alleged abuse or neglect concerning ...

26.44.195 Negligent treatment or maltreatment -- Offer of services -- Evidence of substance abuse -- In-home services -- Initiation of dependency proceedings
(1) If the department, upon investigation of a report that a child has been abused or neglected as defined in this chapter, determines that the ...

26.44.200 Methamphetamine manufacture -- Presence of child
A law enforcement agency in the course of investigating: (1) An allegation under *RCW 69.50.401(a) relating to manufacture of methamphetamine; or (2) an allegation under ...

26.44.210 Alleged child abuse or neglect at state school for the deaf -- Investigation by department -- Investigation report
(1) The department must investigate referrals of alleged child abuse or neglect occurring at the state school for the deaf, including alleged incidents involving students ...

26.44.220 Abuse of adolescents -- Staff training curriculum
(1) Within existing resources, the department shall develop a curriculum designed to train staff of the department's children's administration who assess or provide services to ...

26.44.230 Abuse of adolescents -- Reviews and reports
(1) The department shall review a sampling of the screening decisions by child protective services related to children between the ages of eleven and eighteen ...

26.44.240 Out-of-home care -- Emergency placement--Criminal history record check
(1) During an emergency situation when a child must be placed in out-of-home care due to the absence of appropriate parents or custodians, the department ...

26.44.900 Severability -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 217
If any provision of this 1975 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or ...