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SENATE BILL 5508
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senators Hargrove, Niemi, A. Smith, Nelson and Spanel
Read first time 02/01/93. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to child dependency cases; and amending RCW 13.34.160.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 13.34.160 and 1987 c 435 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:
In ((any case in which)) an action
brought under this chapter, the court shall ((find the child dependent,
it may in the same or subsequent proceeding upon the parent or parents,
guardian, or other person having custody of said child, being duly summoned or
voluntarily appearing, proceed to)) inquire into the ability of ((such
persons or person able)) the parent or parents of the subject child
to pay child support ((the child or contribute thereto, the court may))
and shall enter ((such)) a child support order or decree
((as shall be according to equity in the premises, and may enforce the same
by execution, or in any way in which a court of equity may enforce its
decrees. All child support orders entered pursuant to this chapter shall be in
compliance with the provisions of RCW 26.23.050)). The order shall be
generally consistent with chapter 26.19 RCW, however, in determining a parent's
income, the court shall consider how the dependency action, including
anticipated reunification efforts, may affect that parent's availability for
work. The child support obligation shall not be set at a level so as to
interfere with reunification efforts. In addition to the bases for deviation
set forth in RCW 26.19.075, the court shall also consider, as bases for
deviation, parental responsibility for costs relating to reunification efforts,
the special needs of the child, and the parents' expenses of litigation related
to the dependency.
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