26.33.4001 – Advertisements—Prohibitions—Exceptions—Application of consumer protection act.
RCW 26.33.4001 Advertisements—Prohibitions—Exceptions—Application of consumer protection act. See RCW 26.38.130.
26.33.420 – Postadoption contact between siblings—Intent—Findings.
RCW 26.33.420 Postadoption contact between siblings—Intent—Findings. The legislature finds that the importance of children’s relationships with their siblings is well recognized in law and science. The bonds between siblings are often irreplaceable, leading some experts to believe that sibling relationships can be longer lasting and more influential than any other over a person’s lifetime. For […]
26.33.430 – Postadoption contact between siblings—Duty of court.
RCW 26.33.430 Postadoption contact between siblings—Duty of court. The court, in reviewing and approving an agreement under RCW 26.33.295 for the adoption of a child from foster care, shall encourage the adoptive parents, birth parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers, and the department or other supervising agency to seriously consider the long-term benefits to the child […]
26.33.900 – Effective date—Application—1984 c 155.
RCW 26.33.900 Effective date—Application—1984 c 155. This act shall take effect January 1, 1985. Any proceeding initiated before January 1, 1985, shall be governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding was initiated. [ 1984 c 155 § 41.]
26.33.902 – Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
RCW 26.33.902 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 […]
26.33.903 – Construction—Religious or nonprofit organizations.
RCW 26.33.903 Construction—Religious or nonprofit organizations. Nothing contained in chapter 3, Laws of 2012 shall be construed to alter or affect existing law regarding the manner in which a religious or nonprofit organization may be licensed to and provide adoption, foster care, or other child-placing services under this chapter or chapter 74.15 or 74.13 RCW. […]
26.33.340 – Department, agency, and court files confidential—Limited disclosure of information.
RCW 26.33.340 Department, agency, and court files confidential—Limited disclosure of information. Department, agency, and court files regarding an adoption shall be confidential except that reasonably available nonidentifying information may be disclosed upon the written request for the information from the adoptive parent, the adoptee, or the birth parent. If the adoption facilitator refuses to disclose […]
26.33.343 – Search for birth parent or adopted child—Confidential intermediary.
RCW 26.33.343 Search for birth parent or adopted child—Confidential intermediary. (1) An adopted person over the age of twenty-one years, or under twenty-one with the permission of the adoptive parent, or a birth parent or member of the birth parent’s family after the adoptee has reached the age of twenty-one may petition the court to […]
26.33.345 – Search for birth parent or adopted child—Limited release of information—Noncertified copies of original birth certificate—Contact preference form.
RCW 26.33.345 Search for birth parent or adopted child—Limited release of information—Noncertified copies of original birth certificate—Contact preference form. (1) The department, adoption agencies, and independent adoption facilitators shall release the name and location of the court where a relinquishment of parental rights or finalization of an adoption took place to an adult adoptee, a […]
26.33.347 – Consent or refusal to release adoptee’s identifying information—Desire to be contacted—Certified statement.
RCW 26.33.347 Consent or refusal to release adoptee’s identifying information—Desire to be contacted—Certified statement. (1) An adopted person over the age of eighteen may file with the department of health a certified statement declaring any one or more of the following: (a) The adoptee refuses to consent to the release of any identifying information to […]