Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 74.20.065 (2026)

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If the legal custodian has been wrongfully deprived of physical custody, the department is authorized to excuse the custodian from support payments for a child or children receiving or on whose behalf public assistance was provided under chapter 74.12 RCW, or for a child or children on behalf of whom the department is providing nonassistance support enforcement services.

[ 2002 c 199 s 4; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 s 31.]

Notes:

Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Jill Fleck v. Charles Fleck & Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs. (Wash. Ct. App. 2020).

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Jill Fleck v. Charles Fleck & Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs. (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “RCW 74.20.065 declares: If the legal custodian has been wrongfully deprived of physical custody, the department is authorized to excuse the custodian from support payments for a child or children receiving or on whose behalf public assistance was provided under chapter 74.”

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