MATTER OF DEPENDENCY OF J.B.S.

No. 60084-8.

123 Wn.2d 1 (1993)

863 P.2d 1344

In the Matter of the Dependency of J.B.S. TERESA SCOTT, ET AL, Petitioners, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Speidel Law Firm and Earl W. Murdock, for petitioner Teresa Scott.

Bogle & Gates, Evan L. Schwab, David R. Goodnight, and Douglas R. Davis; Stansfield & Schuler and Mark E. Stansfield, for petitioner J.B.S.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Lesley A. Allan and Jill B. Keller, Assistants, for respondent State.

Daniel M. Arnold of Central Washington Legal Defenders, for respondent Blas Beltran.

Deborah Perluss and Gillian Dutton of Evergreen Legal Services; Mary Jenner of Puget Sound Legal Assistance Foundation; Jay W. Stansell and Robert Pauw on behalf of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, amici curiae.


UTTER, J.

This is an appeal from a superior court refusal to reconsider a juvenile court order changing placement of a dependent child from his foster family in Washington to the custody of his father who resides in Mexico. We reverse the Superior Court and remand for a review hearing pursuant to RCW 13.34.130(5).

J.B.S., a minor child and citizen of the United States, is the son of Teresa Scott (the mother) and Blas Benicio Beltran (the father). J.B.S. was...

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