Champion Keeping Families Together

The Incarcerated Parents Project Legal Resources are separated into these categories:

• Briefing (Dependency Court, Criminal Court, & Family Court)

• Practice Advisories

• Relevant Legal Authorities Protecting Incarcerated Parents (more coming soon)

• Family Law Resources for Incarcerated Parents

• Practice Tools for Child Caregiving Arrangements, Visits, & Services

• Practice Tools Related to Child Abuse Investigations & Client’s Diminished Capacity

• Practice Tools & Policies for Court Hearings, Attorney Communications, & Attorney Visits

• WA DOC Programs that Keep Families Together

The most recent Washington State OPD attorney manager map updated July 2022 and can be found here and the OPD SW map was updated in July 2023 here.

For WDA members, if you are unable to access any of these materials, please contact wda@defensenet.org for assistance logging into the website.

If you are not a member of WDA, and you are interested in the practice of public defense in Washington state, please consider joining WDA. Individuals currently performing prosecutorial or judicial work are not eligible for WDA membership. For more information, click here.

WDA IPP can send any resource found here to you via email, by contacting D’Adre Cunningham, at dadre@defensenet.org.