GRIFFIN v. SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVS.

No. 45493.

91 Wn.2d 616 (1979)

590 P.2d 816

JOHN GRIFFIN, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sweet & Dussault, by William L.E. Dussault, for appellants.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Robert M. McDonald, Assistant, for respondent.


STAFFORD, J.

This case was certified by the Court of Appeals. Appellants, John and Kristen Griffin, the natural parents of a mentally and physically handicapped child, challenge the authority of respondent Department of Social and Health Services (Department) to bill them for a portion of the cost of foster care. We affirm the departmental charge.

The parties appear to agree that in June 1969, on the recommendation...

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