Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 26.44.280 (2026)
Liability limited
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Consistent with the paramount concern of the department to protect the child's interests of basic nurture, physical and mental health, and safety, and the requirement that the child's health and safety interests prevail over conflicting legal interests of a parent, custodian, or guardian, the liability of governmental entities, and their officers, agents, employees, and volunteers, to parents, custodians, or guardians accused of abuse or neglect is limited as provided in RCW 4.24.595.
[ 2012 c 259 s 14.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2016–2025 · leading case: Kim v. Lakeside Adult Fam. Home, 374 P.3d 121 (Wash. 2016).
Kim v. Lakeside Adult Fam. Home, 374 P.3d 121 (Wash. 2016). “259, § 14, codified at RCW 26.44.280, none of these changes have implicated the implied cause of action this court found in Beggs.”
State Of Washington, V Michelle A. Desmet, 485 P.3d 356 (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “595 in 2012, it also enacted RCW 26.44.280. That statute states: Consistent with the paramount concern of the department to protect the child's interests of basic nurture, physical and mental health, and safety, and the requirement that the child’s health and safety interests…”
Kim v. Lakeside Adult Fam. Home (Wash. 2016). “259, § 14, codified at RCW 26.44.280, none of these changes have implicated the implied cause of action this court found in Beggs.”
Hartman v. State of Washington Dep't of Child. Youth & Families (W.D. Wash. 2025). “595(1); see also RCW 26.44.280 (extending the grant of immunity in RCW 10 4.”
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