PDFWAC 192-500-050
De facto parent.
A "de facto parent" is limited to those adults who have fully and completely undertaken a permanent, unequivocal, committed, and responsible parental role in a child's life where the natural or legal parent consented to and fostered the parent-like relationship.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 50A.04.215. WSR 19-08-016, ยง 192-500-050, filed 3/22/19, effective 4/22/19.]