Reference Materials
Page Overview
May 3rd, 2010 Advisory Meeting
The following materials were presented and/or discussed at the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Legal and Practice Issues held May 3rd, 2010:
Service Array.pdf, Service Array Definitions.pdf, Core Values.pdf - Changes from the April meeting were incorporated and the documents were voted on.
Indian Child Compliance Checklist.pdf and ICWA Flow Chart.pdf - The checklist is used by DSHS; the flow chart is copyrighted by the Native American Resource Directory for Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2003).
Legal Concerns_McCullough.pdf - TDC committee member/national expert Charlotte McCullough reviewed the research and describes how other states and jurisdictions that contract for case management have handled legal concerns and court-related duties.
Summary of Legal Issues Related to 2SHB2106.pdf - Judge Wickham and Steve Hassett presented these issues at the meeting.
Dependency Timeline.pdf - Timeline provided by Children's Administration; for informational purposes during the Legal Issues discussion.
DSHS_Training_Aug-09_Tort Liability.pdf and DSHS_Payouts_01-29-10.pdf - Presentations by the Attorney General's Office on tort liability and payout/liability information
Proposed request for a legal opinion.pdf - This document is a list of legal questions presented to the Children's Oversight Committee on May 12, 2010.