IN RE DEPENDENCY OF J.R.U.-S.

No. 54019-0-I.

110 P.3d 773 (2005)

126 Wash.App. 786

In the Matter of the DEPENDENCY OF J.R.U.-S., a minor child. State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Appellant, Marisol Willis and Reynard Smith, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

April 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trisha L. McArdle, Office of the Atty. Gen., Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Thomas Kummerow, Seattle, WA, for Respondent Marisol Willis.

Eric J. Nielsen, Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent Reynard Smith.

Lori Larcom Irwin, King Co. Superior Ct., Seattle, WA, for Guardian Ad Litem J.R.U.-S.


AGID, J.

¶ 1 The parents of J.R.U.-S. ("J.U.") are the subjects of both a criminal investigation and dependency proceedings involving J.U. The principal issue before us is whether the courts in the dependency proceedings abused their discretion when they allowed the parents' counsel to attend court ordered psychological evaluations.

¶ 2 We conclude that while the parents had no constitutional or statutory right to counsel during their evaluations...

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