74.14A.040 - Treatment of juvenile offenders -- Involvement of family unit. - Washington Statutes

Treatment of juvenile offenders — Involvement of family unit.

The department shall involve a juvenile offender's family as a unit in the treatment process. The department need not involve the family as a unit in cases when family ties have by necessity been irrevocably broken. When the natural parents have been or will be replaced by a foster family or guardian, the new family will be involved in the treatment process.

[1983 c 192 § 4.]

Notes: Effective date -- 1983 c 192: See note following RCW 74.14A.020.