IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF D.S.

No. 30981-9-III.

317 P.3d 489 (2013)

178 Wn. App. 681

In re GUARDIANSHIP OF D.S.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Publication Ordered January 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Sellers , Attorney at Law, Wenatchee, WA, Eric J. Nielsen , David Bruce Koch , Christopher Gibson , Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Tomas S. Caballero , Attorney General of Washington, Wenatchee, WA, for Respondent.

Judges KULIK, SIDDOWAY and FEARING.


KULIK, J.

¶ 1 Guardianship is a statutory alternative to termination of parental rights. Guardianship is designed to establish permanency for children in foster care through the appointment of a guardian and dismissal of the dependency. RCW 13.36.010. The Department of Family and Child Services (Department) filed a petition to appoint a guardian for D.S. Prior to the petition, the Department's permanency plan for D.S. was reunification with his father, H.S. However...

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