Local Juvenile Court Rule 4.2
                                   PLEADINGS


    (A)  Petition.  All petitions to terminate a parent-child relationship shall
contain the elements required in JuCr 3.3, be verified, and shall state the
facts and circumstances which underlie each of the allegations required by RCW
13.34.180 and 13.34.190.  Petitions involving voluntary relinquishment of
parental rights shall attach the relinquishment rights and consent form signed
by the parent(s).

    (B)  Answer.  All petitions to terminate a parent-child relationship shall be
answered by the parties.  All answers shall be in written form and shall
conform to the Superior Court Civil Rules.  Failure to answer the petition may
constitute grounds for entry of termination by default in the Juvenile Court's discretion.


[Adopted effective April 1, 1988]