MATTER OF DEPENDENCY OF A.M.-S.

No. 98094-2.

474 P.3d 560 (2020)

In the MATTER OF the DEPENDENCY OF A.M.-S.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: October 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kate Huber , Christopher Mark Petroni , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 Third Avenue, Suite 610, Seattle, WA, 98101-1683, for Petitioner(s).

Rachel Brehm King , Sara Evelyn King , Office of the Attorney General, 3501 Colby Ave. Ste. 200, Everett, WA, 98201-4795, Seth Aaron Fine , Snohomish Co. Pros. Ofc., 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA, 98201-4060, for Respondent(s).

Kirsten Jensen Haugen , Attorney at Law, 9010 Market Pl. Pmb 155, Lake Stevens, WA, 98258-4908, for Guardian(s) Ad Litem.

Nancy Lynn Talner , ACLU-WA, Po Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, William H. Block , Attorney at Law, 3002 Cascadia Ave. S., Seattle, WA, 98144-6214, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.

Colleen Shea-Brown , Legal Counsel For Youth and Children, Randall Ralph Hall , Attorney at Law, Po Box 28629, Seattle, WA, 98118-8629, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Counsel for Youth and Children.

Hillary Ann Behrman , D'Adre Beth Cunningham , The Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Place South, #610, Seattle, WA, 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.

Tara Urs , La Rond Baker , Katherine Elizabeth Hurley , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, David Ventura Montes , Attorney at Law, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 250, Seattle, WA, 98104-1765, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Department of Public Defense.

Sara Anne Zier , TeamChild, 715 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma, WA, 98402-2206, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of TeamChild.

Ann Margaret Brice , Law Office of Brice & Timm LLP, 1223 Broadway, Everett, WA, 98201-1715, for Counsel for Other Parties.


¶ 1 This case concerns a trial court's authority and duty to grant immunity to a parent engaging in a court-ordered evaluation in connection with a dependency proceeding. By statute, "[n]o information given" by a person during such an evaluation "may be used against such person in any subsequent criminal proceedings against such person...

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