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26.40.030 Petition by parent for order of commitment—Grounds.

WA Rev Code § 26.40.030 (2019) (N/A)
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RCW 26.40.030 Petition by parent for order of commitment—Grounds.

The parents or parent of any child who is temporarily or permanently delayed in normal educational processes and/or normal social adjustment by reason of physical, sensory or mental handicap, or by reason of social or emotional maladjustment, or by reason of other handicap, may petition the superior court for the county in which such child resides for an order for the commitment of such child to custody as provided in RCW 26.40.040, as now or hereafter amended.

[ 1977 ex.s. c 80 § 23; 1955 c 272 § 3.]

NOTES:

Purpose—Severability—1977 ex.s. c 80: See notes following RCW 4.16.190.

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