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WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES
26.33 - Adoption.
- 26.33.010 - Intent.
- 26.33.020 - Definitions.
- 26.33.030 - Petitions -- Place of filing -- Consolidation of petitions and hearings.
- 26.33.040 - Petitions -- Application of Indian child welfare act -- Requirements -- Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act statement and findings.
- 26.33.045 - Delay or denial of adoption on basis of race, color, or national origin prohibited -- Consideration in placement -- Exception -- Training.
- 26.33.050 - Validity of consents, relinquishments, or orders of termination from other jurisdictions -- Burden of proof.
- 26.33.060 - Hearings -- Procedure -- Witnesses.
- 26.33.070 - Appointment of guardian ad litem -- When required -- Payment of fees.
- 26.33.080 - Petition for relinquishment -- Filing -- Written consent required.
- 26.33.090 - Petition for relinquishment -- Hearing -- Temporary custody order -- Notice -- Order of relinquishment.
- 26.33.100 - Petition for termination -- Who may file -- Contents -- Time.
- 26.33.110 - Petition for termination -- Time and place of hearing -- Notice of hearing and petition -- Contents.
- 26.33.120 - Termination -- Grounds -- Failure to appear.
- 26.33.130 - Termination order -- Effect.
- 26.33.140 - Who may adopt or be adopted.
- 26.33.150 - Petition for adoption--Filing--Contents--Preplacement report required.
- 26.33.160 - Consent to adoption -- When revocable -- Procedure.
- 26.33.170 - Consent to adoption--When not required.
- 26.33.180 - Preplacement report required before placement with adoptive parents -- Exception.
- 26.33.190 - Preplacement report -- Requirements -- Fees.
- 26.33.200 - Post-placement report--Requirements--Exception--Fees.
- 26.33.210 - Preplacement or post-placement report -- Department or agency may make report.
- 26.33.220 - Preplacement and post-placement reports -- When not required.
- 26.33.230 - Notice of proceedings at which preplacement reports considered -- Contents -- Proof of service -- Appearance -- Waiver.
- 26.33.240 - Petition for adoption -- Hearing -- Notice -- Disposition.
- 26.33.250 - Decree of adoption -- Determination of place and date of birth.
- 26.33.260 - Decree of adoption -- Effect -- Accelerated appeal -- Limited grounds to challenge -- Intent.
- 26.33.270 - Decree of adoption -- Protection of certain rights and benefits.
- 26.33.280 - Decree of adoption -- Transmittal to state registrar of vital statistics.
- 26.33.290 - Decree of adoption -- Duties of state registrar of vital statistics.
- 26.33.295 - Open adoption agreements -- Agreed orders -- Enforcement.
- 26.33.300 - Adoption statistical data.
- 26.33.310 - Notice -- Requirements -- Waiver.
- 26.33.320 - Adoption of hard to place children -- Court's consideration of state's agreement with prospective adoptive parents.
- 26.33.330 - Records sealed -- Inspection -- Fee.
- 26.33.340 - Department, agency, and court files confidential -- Limited disclosure of information.
- 26.33.343 - Search for birth parent or adopted child -- Confidential intermediary.
- 26.33.345 - Search for birth parent or adopted child -- Limited release of information--Noncertified copies of original birth certificate.
- 26.33.347 - Consent or refusal to release adoptee's identifying information--Desire to be contacted--Certified statement.
- 26.33.350 - Medical reports -- Requirements.
- 26.33.360 - Petition by natural parent to set aside adoption -- Costs -- Time limit.
- 26.33.370 - Permanent care and custody of a child -- Assumption, relinquishment, or transfer except by court order or statute, when prohibited -- Penalty.
- 26.33.380 - Family and social history report required -- Identity of birth parents confidential.
- 26.33.385 - Standards for locating records and information -- Rules.
- 26.33.390 - Information on adoption-related services.
- 26.33.400 - Advertisements--Prohibitions--Exceptions--Application of consumer protection act.
- 26.33.420 - Postadoption contact between siblings -- Intent -- Findings.
- 26.33.430 - Postadoption contact between siblings -- Duty of court.
- 26.33.900 - Effective date -- Application -- 1984 c 155.
- 26.33.901 - Severability -- 1984 c 155.
- 26.33.902 - Construction -- Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships -- 2009 c 521.
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