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IN RE DEPENDENCY OF M.J.L.

No. 53363-1-I.

96 P.3d 996 (2004)

In re the DEPENDENCY OF M.J.L., DOB: 7/13/88, Minor Child. Jena Lamas, Appellant, v. State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered August 24, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Broman, Jennifer L. Dobson, Nielsen Broman Koch Pllc, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Thomas More Masco, Office of The Attorney General, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

GROSSE, J.

The issue before us is whether the juvenile court in the context of a dependency proceeding may order visitation between a dependent child and his or her non-dependent sibling over whom the court has no jurisdiction when the non-dependent child's parent objects to the visitation. We answer in the negative and reverse.

FACTS

Jena Lamas is the mother of two daughters: 16-year-old M.L. and 5-year-old E.L. The girls have different fathers...

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