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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-_____
RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND SPECIFYING FUNDING FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT AND COURT ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN FOR KITTITAS COUNTYWHEREAS,
the Juvenile Court is a division of the Superior Court pursuant to RCW 13.04.021; and WHEREAS, the Juvenile Court has exclusive original jurisdiction over all proceedings related to
children who are alleged or found to be dependent and all proceedings relating to the termination of a parent and child relationship, pursuant to RCW 13.04.030(1)(a) and (b), andWHEREAS,
the Juvenile Court also has concurrent jurisdiction with the family court division of the Superior Court over other similar matters pursuant to RCW 13.04.030(2) and (3), andWHEREAS,
the Superior Court is mandated to appoint a guardian ad litem for a child who is the subject of proceedings under RCW 13.34, andWHEREAS, there is in Kittitas County a guardian ad litem
program that meets the standards of RCW 13.34.100 et. seq., known as “Court Advocates for Children for Kittitas County”, andWHEREAS, there is in place a Memorandum of Understanding between
Court Advocates for Children for Kittitas County and the Kittitas County Superior Court,
WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners has funded the costs of that Memorandum of Understanding as part of the operations of the Superior Court; andWHEREAS, the
Kittitas County Board of County Commissionersfinds that Court Advocates for Children for Kittitas Countyhas provided and continues to provide a valuable service to the Court and community;
andTHEREFORE,IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that:
The Memorandum of Understanding between Kittitas County Superior Court and Court Advocates for Children for Kittitas Countyis hereby ratified and shall be funded for the 2019 calendar
year by use of the funds allocated for this purpose by the Kittitas County Board of CountyCommissioners, conditioned upon future fundingappropriations by theKittitas County Board of
County Commissioners.ADOPTED this _____ day of January, 2019.
ADOPTED this day of 2019.BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSKITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTONChairVice-ChairCommissioner
ATTEST:APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie KjorsvikDouglas R. Mitchell, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz