STATE v. PARVIN

No. 68772-7-I.

326 P.3d 832 (2014)

STATE of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, M.H.P., a Minor, Petitioners, v. Paul PARVIN and Leslie Bramlett, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trisha L. McArdle , Office of the Atty. General, Social & Health Svcs A.g. Office, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Suzanne Lee Elliott , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Kathleen Carney Martin , Dependency CASA Program, Kathryn Ann Barnhouse , King County CASA Program, Kent, WA, for Guardian Ad Litem.


SPEARMAN, C.J.

¶ 1 In termination of parental rights cases, indigent parents represented by appointed counsel must petition the government for public funding for expert witnesses and other services necessary in the course of their defense. In King County Superior Court, parents may move the court ex parte for such funding, as well as for orders to seal the moving documents. The Department of Social and Health Services (the State) asserts that this ex...

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