{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-26.11.010","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 26.11.010","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.\n(1) \"Parent\" means a legal parent whose rights have not been terminated, relinquished, or declared not to exist.\n(2)(a) \"Relative\" means:\n(i) Any blood relative, including those of half-blood, and including first cousins, second cousins, nephews or nieces, and persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great, or great-great;\n(ii) Stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister;\n(iii) A person who legally adopts a child or the child's parent as well as the biological and other legally adopted children of such persons, and other relatives of the adoptive parents in accordance with state law;\n(iv) Spouses of any persons named in (a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this subsection, even after the marriage is terminated;\n(v) Relatives, as named in (a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this subsection, of any half sibling of the child; or\n(vi) Extended family members, as defined by the law or custom of an Indian child's tribe or, in the absence of such law or custom, a person who has reached the age of eighteen and who is the Indian child's grandparent, aunt or uncle, brother or sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, niece or nephew, first or second cousin, or stepparent who provides care in the family abode on a twenty-four hour basis to an Indian child as defined in 25 U.S.C. Sec. 1903(4).\n(b) \"Relative\" does not include a person whose parental rights have been terminated, relinquished, or determined not to exist with respect to a child who is the subject of a petition under this chapter.","path":["Title 26","Chapter 26.11"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=26.11.010","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:41:00Z","sha256":"5367bd69c41055675b8d8052e7eda5529d3b00c13aa074a9fcef424911d37e7f","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-26.09.916","next":"us-wa/rcw-26.11.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}