In the Matter of the DEPENDENCY OF A.K.
In the Matter of the Dependency of M.H.-O.
In the Matter of the Dependency of Y.H.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 13, 2007.
Decided December 20, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gregory Charles Link, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, for Petitioners.
Sheila Malloy Huber, Stephen H. Hassett, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, for Respondent.
Nancy Lynn Tainer, Sherri Wolson, ACLU of Washington Foundation, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (ACLU).
Stephen Alan Smith, Kari Lee Vander Stoep, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ell, Seattle, Tammy Seltzer, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry).
Stephen Alan Smith, Kari Lee Vander Stoep, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ell, Seattle, Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae (Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law).
Beth Ann Colgan, Casey Trupin, Columbia Legal Services/Institutions Project, Seattle, Patricia J. Arthur, National Center for Youth Law, Oakland, CA, Anne Aiping Lee, Brent M. Pattison, TeamChild, Kimberly Dawn Ambrose, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Columbia Legal Services).
Stephen Alan Smith, Kari Lee Vander Stoep, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ell, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Mental Health America, National Alliance on Mental Illness, and National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare).
Patricia J. Arthur, National Center for Youth Law, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Curiae (National Center for Youth Law).
Nancy Lynn Sapiro, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Northwest Women's Law Center).
Beth Ann Colgan, Casey Trupin, Columbia Legal Services/Institutions Project, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (TeamChild).
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
ALEXANDER, C.J.
¶ 1 Petitioners M.H.-O. and Y.H. are teenage girls who ran away multiple times from foster homes in which they had been placed. The juvenile court found each of them in contempt of court for running away and used its "inherent contempt power" to order each of them to spend 30 to 60 days in detention. Petitioners ask this court to reverse the Court of Appeals decision affirming the juvenile court orders...
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