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KING v. SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVS.

Nos. 7986-4-III; 8332-2-III.

47 Wn. App. 816 (1987)

738 P.2d 289

DAWSON KING, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Respondent. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of DAWSON KING, Petitioner.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

May 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawson King, pro se, and Mark E. Wilson of University Legal Assistance, for appellants.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Maureen E. McGuire, Assistant, for respondent.

McINTURFF, C.J.

This appeal presents issues which arise from two decisions made by the Stevens County Superior Court: (1) an order finding Stevens County had jurisdiction to consider a dependency petition filed on behalf of J.; and (2) an order incarcerating the child's father, Dawson King, for contempt of court based upon his refusal to disclose the location of the child. We affirm the finding that Stevens County had jurisdiction; we reverse the order incarcerating...

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