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                            JuCR

                          RULE 1.5
                   CONTINUATION OF ACTIONS

     (a) Dependency and Termination Proceedings.
     (1) Actions filed on or after May 1, 1978, alleging
dependency or seeking the termination of the parent-child
relationship, in which the court has not entered a final
order of dependency or termination prior to July 1, 1978,
shall, after July 1, 1978, be governed by RCW 13.34 and
these rules.
     (2) The status of all juveniles found to be dependent
prior to July 1, 1978, shall be reviewed as provided in RCW
13.34.130.
     (3) Any proceeding to modify a disposition order in a
case involving a juvenile found, prior to July 1, 1978, to
be dependent shall be governed by RCW 13.34 and these rules.
     (4) The court may modify the application of this
section to a particular case when, in the opinion of the
court, that application would work injustice.
     (b) Juvenile Offense Proceedings. Juvenile offense
proceedings shall be governed by the law in effect on the
date the offense is found to have taken place.

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