RCW 13.32A.200 Hearings under chapter—Time or place—Public excluded.
(1) All hearings pursuant to this chapter may be conducted at any time or place within the county of the residence of the parent and such cases shall be heard in conjunction with the business of any other division of the superior court, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
(2) The public shall be excluded from a child in need of services hearing if the judicial officer finds that it is in the best interest of the child.
(3) The public shall be excluded from an at-risk youth hearing if:
(a) The judicial officer finds that it is in the best interest of the child; or
(b) Either parent requests that the public be excluded from the hearing.
(4) At the beginning of the at-risk youth hearing, the judicial officer shall notify the parents that either parent has the right to request that the public be excluded from the at-risk youth hearing.
(5) If the public is excluded from hearings under subsection (2) or (3) of this section, only such persons who are found by the court to have a direct interest in the case or the work of the court shall be admitted to the proceedings.
[ 2007 c 213 § 1; 2000 c 123 § 25; 1979 c 155 § 34.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1979 c 155: See notes following RCW 13.04.011.
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