State Supreme Court / Wash.

In Re Welfare of Sego

Decided August 30, 1973. Charles F. Stafford wrote the opinion for the court.

513 P.2d 831 · Cited 470 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 Day · 65 P.2d 1049
In Re Guardianship of Palmer · 503 P.2d 464
Hennepin County Welfare Department v. Staat · 178 N.W.2d 709
Hollingbery v. Dunn · 411 P.2d 431
Sylvester v. Imhoff · 503 P.2d 734
Presnell v. Safeway Stores, Inc. · 374 P.2d 939
Wood v. Postelthwaite · 510 P.2d 1109
In Re Simmons Children · 177 S.E.2d 19
State v. Blubaugh · 491 P.2d 646
In Re Application of Ward · 239 P.2d 560
State Ex Rel. Cummings v. Kinne · 111 P.2d 222
Hollick v. McDaniel · 401 P.2d 466

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In Re Custody of CCM · 202 P.3d 971
Department of Social & Health Services v. E.I. · 181 Wash. App. 45
Alexander Myers & Co. v. Hopke · 565 P.2d 80
In Re the Welfare of Luscier · 524 P.2d 906
Department of Social & Health Services v. T.P. · 182 Wash. 2d 689
VanDam v. Department of Social & Health Services · 815 P.2d 277
Scott v. Department of Social & Health Services · 863 P.2d 1344
Mecum v. Department of Social & Health Services · 149 Wash. App. 184
Department of Social & Health Services v. L.H. · 195 Wash. App. 673
State v. LaCaze · 630 P.2d 436
Kathy C. v. Department of Social & Health Services · 78 Wash. App. 143
Psaty v. Psaty · 114 Wash. 2d 522
In Re HJP · 789 P.2d 96
Department of Social & Health Services v. Jones · 128 Wash. 2d 129
In Re the Welfare of Aschauer · 611 P.2d 1245
In Re the Welfare of Hall · 664 P.2d 1245
In Re Juvenile Appeal · 187 Conn. 431
Pawling v. Goodwin · 679 P.2d 916
Frederickson v. Becker · 553 P.2d 1339
Department of Social & Health Services v. Chubb · 773 P.2d 851
Bale v. Allison · 173 Wash. App. 435
Moore v. Burdman · 526 P.2d 893
In Re the Dependency of Ca.R. · 191 Wash. App. 601
In Re Interest of Ditter · 322 N.W.2d 642
Department of Social & Health Services v. Dabbagh · 193 Wash. App. 445

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