Foster parents are responsible for the protection, care, supervision, and nurturing of the child in placement. As an integral part of the foster care team, foster parents shall, if appropriate and they desire to: Participate in the development of the service plan for the child and the child's family; assist in family visitation, including monitoring; model effective parenting behavior for the natural family; and be available to help with the child's transition back to the natural family.
RCW 74.13.330
Responsibilities of foster parents.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Sheikh v. Choe (2006)
Most recently applied in Fields v. Wash. Dep't of Early Learning (February 2019)
2007 c 410 s 7; 1990 c 284 s 23.
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