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Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 26.33.380 (2026)

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(1) Every person, firm, society, association, corporation, or state agency receiving, securing a home for, or otherwise caring for a minor child shall transmit to the prospective adopting parent prior to placement and shall make available to all persons with whom a child has been placed by adoption, a family background and child and family social history report, which includes a chronological history of the circumstances surrounding the adoptive placement and any available psychiatric reports, psychological reports, court reports pertaining to dependency or custody, or school reports. Such reports or information shall not reveal the identity of the birth parents of the child but shall contain reasonably available nonidentifying information.
(2) Entities and persons obligated to provide information under this section shall make reasonable efforts to locate records and information concerning the child's family background and social history. The entities or persons providing the information have no duty, beyond providing the information, to explain or interpret the records or information regarding the child's mental or physical health.
[ 1994 c 170 s 2; 1993 c 81 s 4; 1989 c 281 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1998–2003 · leading case: McKinney v. State, 950 P.2d 461 (Wash. 1998).
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McKinney v. State, 950 P.2d 461 (Wash. 1998). · cites it 5× “350 or RCW 26.33.380. We further hold the status of prospective adoptive parent [2] attaches when the child is eligible for adoption under RCW 26.”
McKinney v. State, 134 Wash. 2d 388 (Wash. 1998). · cites it 4× “350 or RCW 26.33.380. We further hold the status of prospective adoptive parent 2 attaches when the child is eligible for adoption under RCW 26.”
Avery v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 150 Wash. 2d 409 (Wash. 2003). “350 and RCW 26.33.380, which relate to medical reports and family and social history reports of the child.”
In Re Adoption of BT, 78 P.3d 634 (Wash. 2003). “350 and RCW 26.33.380, which relate to medical reports and family and social history reports of the child.”
Price v. State, 57 P.3d 639 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “350 (medical/psychological history) and RCW 26.33.380 (social history). The negligent failure of an adoption placement agency to comply with the statutory disclosure mandate to prospective adoptive parents may result in liability.”
Price v. State, 57 P.3d 639 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “350 (medical/psychological history) and RCW 26.33.380 (social history). The negligent failure of an adoption placement agency to comply with the statutory disclosure mandate to prospective adoptive parents may result in liability.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 26.33.380(1) — 2 cases
McKinney v. State, 134 Wash. 2d 388 (Wash. 1998). “350 or RCW 26.33.380. We further hold the status of prospective adoptive parent 2 attaches when the child is eligible for adoption under RCW 26.”
McKinney v. State, 950 P.2d 461 (Wash. 1998). “350 or RCW 26.33.380. We further hold the status of prospective adoptive parent [2] attaches when the child is eligible for adoption under RCW 26.”
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