IN RE DEPENDENCY OF PENELOPE B.

No. 50328-1.

104 Wn.2d 643 (1985)

709 P.2d 1185

In the Matter of the Dependency of PENELOPE B. PENELOPE B., ET AL, Petitioners, v. R.B., ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, Nancy F. Sloane, Michael E. Grant, and Lee Ann Miller, Assistants, and Frank Hoover, for petitioners.

Richard L. Cease, Public Defender, and Douglas A. Boe, Assistant, for respondents.


ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

This case deals with allegations of child sexual abuse in the home and with evidentiary rules which apply in dependency proceedings where the child does not or cannot testify.

We granted discretionary review of an order of the Superior Court, Juvenile Division, which dismissed the dependency petition filed in this case by a caseworker for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. The dismissal was granted...

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