§ 74.34.005 Findings
§ 74.34.020 Definitions
§ 74.34.025 Limitation on recovery for protective services and benefits
§ 74.34.035 Reports — Mandated and permissive — Contents — Confidentiality
§ 74.34.040 Reports — Contents — Identity confidential
§ 74.34.050 Immunity from liability
§ 74.34.053 Failure to report — False reports — Penalties
§ 74.34.063 Response to reports — Timing — Reports to law enforcement agencies — Notification to licensing authority
§ 74.34.067 Investigations — Interviews — Ongoing case planning — Agreements with tribes — Conclusion of investigation
§ 74.34.068 Investigation results — Report — Rules
§ 74.34.070 Cooperative agreements for services
§ 74.34.080 Injunctions
§ 74.34.090 Data collection system — Confidentiality
§ 74.34.095 Confidential information — Disclosure
§ 74.34.110 Protection of vulnerable adults — Petition for protective order
§ 74.34.165 Rules
§ 74.34.170 Services of department discretionary — Funding
§ 74.34.180 Retaliation against whistleblowers and residents — Remedies — Rules
§ 74.34.200 Abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect of a vulnerable adult — Cause of action for damages — Legislative intent
§ 74.34.205 Abandonment, abuse, or neglect — Exceptions
§ 74.34.215 Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults
§ 74.34.220 Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults — Training — Reporting
§ 74.34.300 Vulnerable adult fatality reviews
§ 74.34.305 Statement to vulnerable adults
§ 74.34.310 Service of process or filing fees prohibited — Certified copies
§ 74.34.320 Written protocol — Counties encouraged to develop for handling criminal cases involving vulnerable adults — Vulnerable adult advocacy teams — Confidentiality — Disclosure of information
§ 74.34.902 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 74.34 - Abuse of vulnerable adults

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
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  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.