Blume v. Department of Social & Health Services

— The King County Superior Court entered an order holding that J.W.H., J.C.H., and S.E.H. are dependent children. The order was based on a finding that the aforementioned children had no parent, guardian, or custodian capable of adequately caring for them. The Court of Appeals, Division One, affirmed the dependency order. We conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the superior court’s dependency order because the trial court’s order was unsupported by any finding that the children’s aunt and uncle, who had previously been awarded temporary custody of the children in a…