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STEPPARENTS v. SMITH

No. 43188.

85 Wn.2d 564 (1975)

536 P.2d 1202

WASHINGTON STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION OF STEPPARENTS et al, Appellants, v. SIDNEY E. SMITH, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services et al, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda L. Dawson, Patrick H. McIntyre, Peter Francis, and Francis & McFarlane, for appellants.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Walter E. White, Assistant, for respondents.

ROSELLINI, J.

In this class action, the appellants ask the court to hold that the provisions of RCW 26.16.205 and 26.20.0301 do not apply to those members of the class who were married prior to 1969 when these statutes were amended to impose a duty of support upon stepparents; and a further holding that in any event the statutes are unconstitutional because public assistance regulations promulgated...

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