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Wash. Rev. Code § 13.34.250
Revised Code of Washington
Title
13. Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders
Chapter
13.34. Juvenile Court Act--Dependency and Termination of Parent-child
Relationship
§ 13.34.250.
Preference characteristics when placing Indian child in foster care home
Whenever
appropriate, an Indian child shall be placed in a foster care home with
the following characteristics which shall be given preference in the following
order:
(1)
Relatives;
(2)
An Indian family of the same tribe as the child;
(3)
An Indian family of a Washington Indian tribe of a similar culture to
that tribe;
(4)
Any other family which can provide a suitable home for an Indian child,
such suitability to be determined through consultation with a local Indian
child welfare advisory committee.
CREDIT(S)
[1979 c 155 § 53.]
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