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AN ORDINANCE increasing the participant registration fee to attend a parenting seminar in cases under chapters 26.09 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 and establishing an effective date.

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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.

SECTION 3.  This ordinance takes effect January 1, 2025.