| In the Case of A.E.P. linked above, the Supreme
Court declined to require videotaping of child interviews, deferring
instead to the legislature. Within a week of the decision, Chairman Pam
Roach convened a public hearing of the Senate Law and Justice Committee
to
address the issue in the 1998 Legislature.
Within several months, the OFCO report ,
noted above, recommended that if verbatim or near-verbatim notes were
not
feasible, "that
CPS interview documentation be accomplished through verbatim
transcription.
"
The legislature of the state of Washington continues to
address the issue of verbatim records of child interviews. As of April,
1999, there is still no statutory requirement.
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