Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 74.12.010 (2026)
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For the purposes of the administration of temporary assistance for needy families, the term "dependent child" means any child in need under the age of eighteen years who is living with a relative as specified under federal temporary assistance for needy families program requirements, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or her or their homes. The term a "dependent child" shall, notwithstanding the foregoing, also include a child who would meet such requirements except for his or her removal from the home of a relative specified above as a result of a judicial determination that continuation therein would be contrary to the welfare of such child, for whose placement and care the state department of social and health services or the county office is responsible, and who has been placed in a licensed or approved child care institution or foster home as a result of such determination and who: (1) Was receiving an aid to families with dependent children grant for the month in which court proceedings leading to such determination were initiated; or (2) would have received aid to families with dependent children for such month if application had been made therefor; or (3) in the case of a child who had been living with a specified relative within six months prior to the month in which such proceedings were initiated, would have received aid to families with dependent children for such month if in such month he or she had been living with such a relative and application had been made therefor, as authorized by the social security act.
"Temporary assistance for needy families" means money payments, services, and remedial care with respect to a dependent child or dependent children and the needy parent or relative with whom the child lives.
[ 2013 c 23 s 204; 1999 c 120 s 1; 1997 c 59 s 16; 1992 c 136 s 2; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 s 40; 1981 1st ex.s. c 6 s 23; 1981 c 8 s 21; 1979 c 141 s 350; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 31 s 1; 1969 ex.s. c 173 s 13; 1965 ex.s. c 37 s 1; 1963 c 228 s 18; 1961 c 265 s 1; 1959 c 26 s 74.12.010. Prior: 1957 c 63 s 10; 1953 c 174 s 24; 1941 c 242 s 1; 1937 c 114 s 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 9992-101.]
Notes:
Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.
Effective date—Severability—1981 1st ex.s. c 6: See notes following RCW 74.04.005.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases, 1960–1993 · leading case: State v. Klinker, 537 P.2d 268 (Wash. 1975).
State v. Klinker, 537 P.2d 268 (Wash. 1975). “RCW 74.12.010. In a recent study made by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, it was discovered that 32 percent of all children who qualify for the Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) programs are illegitimate.”
Say v. Smith, 491 P.2d 687 (Wash. Ct. App. 1971). “*679 For specific causes of action, all brought "for themselves and for all other persons similarly situated, who are being denied benefits", plaintiffs alleged that such acts (1) violate the statutory standards of eligibility for AFDC set forth in RCW 74.12.010, [5] the…”
Maxwell v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 636 P.2d 1102 (Wash. Ct. App. 1981). “The issue before us is whether, in view of RCW 74.12.010, 1 this court has the authority to remedy a violation of plaintiff's constitutional *593 right to equal protection by ordering the State to pay welfare benefits even though the United States Department of Health and Human…”
Woolery v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 612 P.2d 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). “RCW 74.12.010. At Mrs. Woolery's request, an administrative hearing was held at which the primary issue was whether Mr.”
Washington State Welfare Rights Org. v. State, 511 P.2d 990 (Wash. 1973). “The eligibility of such persons is provided in RCW 74.12.010, which reads in part: For the purposes of the administration of aid to families with dependent children assistance, the term “dependent child” means any child in need under the age of eighteen years, or any child…”
Fecht v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 542 P.2d 780 (Wash. 1975). “For example, the age is specified in eligibility for old age assistance.”
Bazan v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 612 P.2d 413 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). “NOTES [1] See also RCW 74.12.010; WAC 388-24-040(3); WAC 388-24-135.”
State ex rel. Adams v. Superior Court for Okanogan Cnty., 356 P.2d 985 (Wash. 1960). “452, RCW 74.12.010, and is clearly unrelated to the definition of “a dependent child” found in our Juvenile Court Act.”
Caiola v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 562 P.2d 988 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “An AFDC grant is determined on the basis of an "assistance unit" pursuant to RCW 74.12.010. 1 This "assistance unit" consists of both the dependent child and the needy parent or relative with whom the child lives.”
Bazan v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 612 P.2d 413 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). “See also RCW 74.12.010; WAC 388-24-040(3); WAC 388-24-135.”
Kennedy v. State Dep't of Pub. Assistance, 489 P.2d 154 (Wash. 1971). “Aid to families with dependent children is covered under the general public assistance statutes (RCW Title 74), more particularly in RCW 74.12.010: For the purposes of the administration of aid to families with dependent children assistance, the term “dependent child” means any…”
Jackman v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 643 P.2d 889 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “010, a dependent child is *529 any child in need under the age of eighteen years who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of the parent, and who is with his father, mother,…”
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