IN RE DEPENDENCY OF H.W.

No. 52832-7-I.

98 P.3d 81 (2004)

123 Wash.App. 237

In re the DEPENDENCY OF H.W., B.B., and P.M., Minor Children, State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent, v. Brenda Brooks, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Lillevik, Christine Jackson, The Defender Association, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Katherine M. Tassi, Mary Ann Comiskey, Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


BECKER, J.

Appellant Brenda Brooks sought to be reunified with her dependent son, who now lives with relatives. At a permanency planning hearing, the court denied Brooks' request to present the oral testimony of three expert witnesses who believed she was capable of parenting her son, and ordered that guardianship by the relatives would be the permanent plan. In view of the due process guarantees applicable in dependency proceedings, we conclude the court abused its...

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