LANDAUER v. LANDAUER

No. 41123-3-I.

975 P.2d 577 (1999)

In re the Marriage of: Sammy Kaye LANDAUER, Appellant, v. Eugene Paul LANDAUER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Lakey, Raas, Johnson & Stuen PS, Bellingham, for Appellant.

Kathryn E. Berger, Berger & Ivarinen PS, Bellingham, for Respondent.


ELLINGTON, J.

State courts may not adjudicate ownership of Indian trust lands. In a dissolution proceeding between Sammy Landauer, a Nez Perce Indian, and Eugene Landauer, a nonIndian, the trial court first determined that a community property agreement converted Indian trust lands from separate property to community property, and then offset the value of the trust lands against other community property assets. But because...

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