Yonker v. Department of Social & Health Services

Decided February 10, 1997. Anne Ellington wrote the opinion for the court.

85 Wash. App. 71 · Cited 50 times

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• Taylor v. Stevens County · 759 P.2d 447
• Bailey v. Town of Forks · 737 P.2d 1257
• Babcock v. State · 809 P.2d 143
• McCluskey v. Handorff-Sherman · 882 P.2d 157

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• Mw v. Dshs · 39 P.3d 993
• Albertson v. Washington ex rel. Department of Social & Health Services · 191 Wash. App. 284
• Lewis v. Whatcom County · 136 Wash. App. 450
• Smith v. State · 144 P.3d 331
• Smith v. State · 135 Wash. App. 259
• Hunt v. North Carolina Department of Labor · 499 S.E.2d 747
• Yonker v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERV. · 930 P.2d 958
• Tyner v. DSHS, Child Protective Serv. · 1 P.3d 1148
• Mw v. Dshs · 70 P.3d 954
• Tyner v. Department of Social & Health Services · 141 Wash. 2d 68
• M.W. v. Department of Social & Health Services · 149 Wash. 2d 589
• Donohoe v. State · 135 Wash. App. 824
• Donohoe v. State · 142 P.3d 654
• Fearghal Mccarthy, V Clark County · 193 Wash. App. 314
• McKinney v. State · 134 Wash. 2d 388
• McKinney v. State · 950 P.2d 461
• Tyner v. Department of Social & Health Services · 92 Wash. App. 504
• Radke v. County of Freeborn · 694 N.W.2d 788
• Blackwell v. Department of Social & Health Services · 131 Wash. App. 372
• Doe v. Gonzaga University · 992 P.2d 545
• Ducote v. Department of Social & Health Services · 144 Wash. App. 531
• M.W. v. Department of Social & Health Services · 110 Wash. App. 233
• Weaver v. Spokane County · 275 P.3d 1184
• Ducote v. STATE, DEPT. OF S&HS · 186 P.3d 1081

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