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PATERSON v. PATERSON

No. 39020.

70 Wn.2d 204 (1967)

422 P.2d 474

DONNA J. PATERSON, Respondent, v. ROBERT L. PATERSON, Petitioner, THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR SPOKANE COUNTY, Ralph P. Edgerton, Judge, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

January 5, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. MacGillivray, for petitioner.

R.G. Schimanski, for respondent.

Del Cary Smith, Philip S. Brooke, Richard S. Munter, Clarence A. Orndorff, Carl Maxey, William G. Ennis, Leo N. Cashatt, Robert L. Bell, Will Lorenz, Thomas F. Lynch, Jerome Williams, Robert J. McNichols, Lester P. Edge, Paul A. Clausen, Jack R. Dean, and Justin L. Quackenbush, amici curiae.

HILL, J.

Quaere: Is the "may" in RCW 26.08.030 permissive or mandatory?

The statute reads:

Any person who has been a resident of the state for one year may file his or her complaint for a divorce under oath, in the superior court of the county where he or she may reside. (Italics ours.)

[1] Answer: There is, in this statute, no reason to depart from the usual interpretation of "may" as permissive; consequently...

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