74.20.065 - Wrongful deprivation of custody -- Legal custodian excused from support payments. - Washington Statutes

Wrongful deprivation of custody — Legal custodian excused from support payments.

If the legal custodian has been wrongfully deprived of physical custody, the department is authorized to excuse the custodian from support payments for a child or children receiving or on whose behalf public assistance was provided under chapter 74.12 RCW, or for a child or children on behalf of whom the department is providing nonassistance support enforcement services.

[2002 c 199 § 4; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 31.]

Notes: Severability -- 1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.