State Court of Appeals / Wash. Ct. App.

In re the Welfare of J.M.

Decided December 22, 2005. Dennis J. Sweeney wrote the opinion for the court.

130 Wash. App. 912 · Cited 72 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

In Re the Welfare of Luscier · 524 P.2d 906
Young v. Liddington · 309 P.2d 761
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
In Re the Welfare of Myricks · 533 P.2d 841
In Re Dependency of Grove · 897 P.2d 1252
State v. Wineberg · 444 P.2d 787
City of Redmond v. Moore · 91 P.3d 875
City of Redmond v. Moore · 151 Wash. 2d 664
Harris by and Through Ramseyer v. Blodgett · 853 F. Supp. 1239
Miller v. Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corp. · 133 Wash. 2d 250
Miller v. Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corp. · 944 P.2d 1005

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Sieffert v. Department of Social & Health Services · 137 Wash. App. 1
In Re Dependency of GAR · 150 P.3d 643
In re the Welfare of X.T. · 174 Wash. App. 733
In Re VRR · 141 P.3d 85
Department of Social & Health Services v. Salazar · 185 Wash. App. 813
In Re Welfare of JM · 125 P.3d 245
Department of Social & Health Services v. Parvin · 184 Wash. 2d 741
Kelley v. Kelley · 2007 OK 100
In re the Welfare of L.R. · 180 Wash. App. 717
In Re Rgb · 229 P.3d 1066
State v. Hopkins · 134 Wash. App. 780
In re the Welfare of A.G. · 160 Wash. App. 841
In re the Welfare of S.I. · 184 Wash. App. 531
State v. Hopkins · 142 P.3d 1104
State v. Doerflinger · 170 Wash. App. 650
In re the Dependency of E.P. · 136 Wash. App. 401
In the Interest of RGB · 123 Haw. 1
In re the Detention of P.K. · 189 Wash. App. 317
In re the Parental Rights to B.P. · 188 Wash. App. 113
In Re Welfare of Ag · 248 P.3d 611
Department of Social & Health Services v. Parvin · 181 Wash. App. 663
In Re Dependency of JMR · 249 P.3d 193
In Re Dependency of Jmr · 249 P.3d 193

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