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Washington Supreme Court Reverses Prisoner’s Parental Termination Order

by Lonnie Burton

In January 26, 2017, a divided Washington Supreme Court held that a trial court could not terminate the parental rights of an incarcerated father without considering the facts of his incarceration as required by legislative amendments to the statutes governing termination of parental rights. The 5-4 decision ...

 

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