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ARNOLD v. DEPT. OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

No. 62260-4.

128 Wn.2d 765 (1996)

912 P.2d 463

PATRICIA ARNOLD, Respondent v. DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Zera H. Lowe, Assistant, for petitioner.

Dianna T. Dryden, for respondent.

Deborah Maranville on behalf of Northwest Women's Law Center, amicus curiae.

TALMADGE, J.

Patricia Arnold challenges the constitutionality of RCW 41.26.030(6) and RCW 41.26.160, those portions of the Washington Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System (LEOFF) that preclude her, as the divorced spouse of a LEOFF member, from receiving a LEOFF death benefit when her ex-husband dies. We hold that the statutes in question do not deny Ms. Arnold procedural due process because she had the opportunity to seek consideration of...

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