HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2023-008BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESoLUrroNNo. 2023- 008
RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND SPECIFYING FUNDING FOR THE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT AND COURT ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN FOR KITTITAS
COTINTY
WHEREAS, 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), and
WHEREAS, 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),
and
WHEREAS, the Superior Court is mandated to appoint a guardian ad litem for a child
who is the subject of proceedings under RCW 13.34, and
WHEREAS, 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", and
WHEREAS, there is in place a Memorandum of Understanding between Cogrt
Advocates for Children for Kittitas County and the Kittitas County Superior Court,
WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners has frurded the costs
of that Memorandum of Understanding as part of the operations of the Superior Court; and
WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners finds that Court
Advocates for Children for Kittitas County has provided and continues to provide a valuable
service to the Court and community; and
THEREFORE,IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that:
The Memorandum of Understanding between Kittitas County Superior Court and Court
Advocates for Children for Kittitas County is hereby ratified and shall be funded for the 2023
calendar year by use of the funds allocated for this purpose by the Kittitas County Board of
County Commissioners, conditioned upon future funding appropriations by the Kittitas County
Board of County Commissioners.
t-#\ADOPTEDthis I r'day of 2023
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WASHINGTONt
Clerk of Julie Kjorsvik
n Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
th, Vice-Chair
Commissioner
VED AS FORM:
Zempel, Prosecuting Attorney
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