74.13.300 Notification of proposed placement changes.

WA Rev Code § 74.13.300 (2019) (N/A)

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RCW 74.13.300 Notification of proposed placement changes.

(1) Whenever a child has been placed in a foster family home by the department and the child has thereafter resided in the home for at least ninety consecutive days, the department shall notify the foster family at least five days prior to moving the child to another placement, unless:

(a) A court order has been entered requiring an immediate change in placement;

(b) The child is being returned home;

(d) The child is residing in a receiving home or a group home.

(2) If the child has resided in a foster family home for less than ninety days or if, due to one or more of the circumstances in subsection (1) of this section, it is not possible to give five days' notification, the department shall notify the foster family of proposed placement changes as soon as reasonably possible.

(3) This section is intended solely to assist in minimizing disruption to the child in changing foster care placements. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that a court hearing be held prior to changing a child's foster care placement nor to create any substantive custody rights in the foster parents.

[ 2018 c 284 § 49; 2009 c 520 § 77; 1990 c 284 § 12.]

NOTES:

Finding—Effective date—1990 c 284: See notes following RCW 74.13.250.

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