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IN RE COLWASH

No. 35412.

57 Wn.2d 196 (1960)

356 P.2d 994

In the Matter of the Welfare of CLYDE (GUS) COLWASH. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of George C. Starlund et al., Plaintiff and Relator, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR YAKIMA COUNTY, Lloyd L. Wiehl, Judge, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General, Fred C. Dorsey and Jane Dowdle Smith, Assistants, for plaintiff and relator.

Ray E. Munson and Donald H. Brazier, Jr., for respondent.

James B. Hovis, amicus curiae.

HUNTER, J.

This is a review by certiorari of an order of the Juvenile Court for Yakima County dismissing a dependency petition on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction over the minor child involved.

The minor, Clyde (Gus) Colwash, is an unemancipated enrolled member of the Yakima Indian tribe, who, at all times material to this review, resided upon the Yakima Indian Reservation. The child was abandoned by his parents.

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