In Re the Welfare of Hansen

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• holding that former guardians of children had standing to challenge dependency finding based on possible loss of relationship with children
• holding that former guardians of children had standing to challenge dependency finding based on possible loss of relationship with children
• requiring that the trial court determine the best interest of the child on remand
• recognizing the due process rights of legal guardians, who had raised child for over eight years and stood in loco parentis to the child, to be given a full and meaningful opportunity to be heard at a dependency hearing under Chapter 13.04 RCW
• recognizing the due process rights of legal guardians, who had raised child for over eight years and stood in loco parentis to the child, to be given a full and meaningful opportunity to be heard at a dependency hearing under chapter 13.04 RCW
• superior court had authority to proceed with post-divorce custody modification upon express authority of juvenile court to proceed

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