MATTER OF DEPENDENCY OF S.K-P.

No. 48299-1-II.

401 P.3d 442 (2017)

In the MATTER OF the DEPENDENCY OF S.K-P.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

August 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillary Adele Madsen , Columbia Legal Services, 101 Yesler Way, Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98104-2528, Candelaria Murillo , Columbia Legal Services, 7103 W. Clearwater Ave., Ste. C, Kennewick, WA, 99336-1713, for Petitioner.

Bailey Elizabeth Zydek , Wildwood Legal, PS, 622 Tacoma Ave. S., Ste. 1, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2335, Fred Thorne , Fred E. Thorne, P.S. Inc., 1008 Yakima Ave., Ste. 202, Tacoma, WA, 98405-4850, Brian G. Ward , Attorney General's Office, Tacoma, P.O. Box 2317, Tacoma, WA, 98401-2317, for Respondent.

Alicia Marie Burton , Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, 955 Tacoma Ave. S., Ste. 301, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2160, for Respondent Intervenor.

Joyce Lida Frost-Wolf , Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, 2440 Tulare St., Ste. 300, Fresno, CA, 93721-2292, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Jared Van Kirk , Garvey Schubert Barer, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA, 98101-2939, Victoria M. Slade , Garvey Schubert Barer, 1191 2nd Ave., Fl. 18, Seattle, WA, 98101-2996, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Mockingbird Society.

Jessica Levin , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Korematsu Center for Law & Equality, Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality.

Deborah Perluss , Northwest Justice Project 401 2nd Ave. S., Ste. 407, Seattle, WA, 98104-3811, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Justice Project.

Robin Allister Romanovich , Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, P.O. Box 16083, Seattle, WA, 98116-0083, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Counsel for Youth and Children.

Jared Van Kirk , Garvey Schubert Barer, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA, 98101-2939, Victoria M. Slade , Garvey Schubert Barer, 1191 2nd Ave., Fl. 18, Seattle, WA, 98101-2996, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Center for Children & Youth Justice.

Bonnie Alison Linville , TeamChild 32 N. 3rd St., Ste. 410, Yakima, WA, 98901-2789, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of TeamChild.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Children's Rights, Inc.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Juvenile Law Center.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Association of Counsel for Children.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Michael J. Prof Dale.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Nova Southeastern University Law Center.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of First Star Institute.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Lawyers for Children.

Laura Kristine Clinton , Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2212 Queen Anne N., # 156, Seattle, WA, 98109-2312, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.


¶ 1 SK-P asks us to determine (1) whether children in dependency proceedings have a categorical procedural due process right to court-appointed counsel under article I, section 3 of the Washington Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and (2) if not, whether a case-by-case application of...

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