Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - Washington

STATUTES

Website: https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw

Citations:

• Adoption: title 26, chapter 26.33; title 74, chapter 74.13A
• Child protection: title 26, chapter 26.44
• Child welfare: title 13, chapter 13.34; title 26, chapter 26.34; title 74, chapters 74.13, 74.14B, 74.14C
• Guardianship: title 13, chapters 13.34 (§§ 13.34.232–13.34.237), 13.36, 13.90
• Youth services: title 13, chapter 13.80; title 74, chapter 74.13 (§ 74.13.540)
• Indian child welfare: title 13, chapter 13.38, Indian Child Welfare Act; chapter 13.34 (§§ 13.34.040, 13.34.130, 13.34.245); title 26, chapter 26.27 (§ 26.27.041); title 74, chapter 74.15 (§ 74.15.190)

REGULATION/ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

Website: https://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac

Note:

See titles 110 and 112.

AGENCY POLICIES

Website: https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/practices-and-procedures

OTHER RESOURCES

Tribal codes:

• Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Tribal Code
• Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Law and Order Code
• Hoh Tribe, Law and Order Code
• Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Tribal Code
• Kalispel Tribe of Indians, Law and Order Code
• Makah Indian Tribe, Law and Order Code
• Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Tribal Code
• Nisqually Indian Tribe, Tribal Code
• Nooksack Indian Tribe, Laws and Ordinances
• Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Law and Order Code
• Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Tribal Codes
• Quileute Nation, Law and Order Codes
• Samish Indian Nation, Tribal Code
• Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Ordinances
• Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Tribal Court
• Skokomish Indian Tribe, Codes and Ordinances
• Snoqualmie Tribe of Indians, Tribal Codes
• Squaxin Island Tribe, Code of Ordinances
• Suquamish Indian Tribe, Tribal Code
• Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Tribal Code
• Tulalip Tribes, Tribal Codes

Washington State Court Rules