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VASQUEZ v. HAWTHORNE

No. 22616-2-II.

994 P.2d 240 (2000)

99 Wash.App. 363

Frank VASQUEZ, Respondent, v. Joseph HAWTHORNE, as personal representative of the estate of Robert Awrey Schwerzler, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

As Amended March 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry James Barnett, Rumbaugh, Rideout, Barnett, Tacoma, for Respondent.

Ross Edwin Taylor, Tacoma, for Appellant.

BRIDGEWATER, C.J.

Joseph Hawthorne, appointed personal representative for the intestate estate of Robert Schwerzler, appeals the summary judgment award of Schwerzler's estate in its entirety to Frank Vasquez, a person who claims to have been in a meretricious relationship with Schwerzler. We hold that a meretricious relationship is a quasi-marital relationship, and because persons of the same sex may not be legally married, a meretricious relationship cannot exist...

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