In Re Dependency of Penelope B.

Pacts of Case

This case deals with allegations of child sexual abuse in the home and with evidentiary rules which apply in dependency proceedings where the child does not or cannot testify-

We granted discretionary review of an order of the Superior Court, Juvenile Division, which dismissed the dependency petition filed in this case by a caseworker for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. The dismissal was granted on motion of the parents (R. B. and M. B., respondents herein) after a full fact-finding hearing on the merits of the petition.

The dependency petition…