File #: 2024-0304    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 10/1/2024 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE increasing the fee to attend a parenting seminar in cases under Chapters 26.09 RCW, and 26.26 RCW related to custody, visitation, or parenting of minor children; and amending Ordinance 16972, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.632.120.
Sponsors: Girmay Zahilay
Indexes: Children, Fees
Attachments: 1. 2024-0304 transmittal letter, 2. 2024-0304 Fiscal Note, 3. 2024-0304 Legislative Review Form, 4. 2024-0304 _SR_Parent-Seminar-Fee 10-30-24, 5. 2024-0304_ATT2 AMD1_Effective Date bar, 6. 2024-0304_ATT3 AMD_T1_Title-Amendment bar
Staff: Bailey, Melissa

Drafter

Clerk 09/24/2024

Title

AN ORDINANCE increasing the fee to attend a parenting seminar in cases under Chapters 26.09 RCW, and 26.26 RCW related to custody, visitation, or parenting of minor children; and amending Ordinance 16972, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.632.120.

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                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  A.  Section 2 of this ordinance proposes a change in the fee charged for parties to attend the parenting seminar provided by King County superior court.

                     B.  The fees are authorized under RCW 26.12.220 and King County superior court Local Family Rule 13(c).

                     SECTION 2.  Ordinance 16972, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.632.120 are hereby amended to read as follows:

                     The superior court is hereby authorized to charge a parenting seminar registration fee of ((forty)) eighty dollars per participant for those who attend the parenting seminar ((within sixty days of filing the action that results in the requirement to attend the seminar; participants who attend the seminar after sixty days of the filing shall be charged a registration fee of seventy-five dollars)) provided by King County superior court. 

Retained revenues shall be used to support operating costs associated with family court operations.