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COSTANICH v. DEPT. OF SOC. & HEALTH SERVS.

No. 57214-8-I.

156 P.3d 232 (2007)

Kathie COSTANICH, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered April 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Collins, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

David Ruzumna, Carly Cozine Hansen, Seattle, for Other Party Valerie Rogan.

Carol Farr, The Law Offices of Leonard W. Moen & Asso., Renton, WA, for Respondent.

AGID, J.

¶ 1 Kathie Costanich and her husband Ken were foster parents devoted to caring for some of the neediest and most difficult foster children in the system. Costanich's foster home received accolades from the state, but she also regularly used profanity, sometimes swearing around her foster children. The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) found that Costanich's language was emotionally abusive and revoked her foster care license. Both the Administrative...

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