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ALLSTATE INS. v. SHELTON

No. 95-35898.

105 F.3d 514 (1997)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karen J. [Kohlbeck] SHELTON, Robert G. Kohlbeck, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Brittany Ann Marie Kohlbeck, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Smith, Law Offices of Steven D. Smith, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants.

Gregory G. Silvey, Guess & Rudd, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BRUNETTI and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges; WILLIAMS, District Judge.

OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the term "relative" in an automobile insurance policy includes the child of the policyholder's unmarried cohabitant.

I

In June 1992, Karen Kohlbeck and Michael Shelton bought a house together in Anchorage, Alaska. Karen and her four children moved in with Michael and his daughter. Michael was married to Theresa Sullivan at the time, but they were in the process of divorcing.

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