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KING COUNTY DEPT. v. NORTHWEST DEFENDERS ASS'N

No. 51159-9-I.

75 P.3d 583 (2003)

118 Wash.App. 117

KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent, v. NORTHWEST DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION, Petitioners.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Lynn Carstens, Jerret E. Sale, Pamela Hofer Salgado, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellants N.W. Defenders Association, Noel Bain, Lynn D. French, John Yasutake.

Henry E. Farber, Jeffrey Bennett Youmans, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant Rufus McKee.

Sheryl Denise Johnson Willert, Darren Anthony Feider, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

BECKER, C.J.

Here on discretionary review is a trial court order appointing a receiver for Northwest Defenders Association, a nonprofit corporation. The order empowers the receiver to remove and replace Northwest's board of directors and corporate management. We hold the receivership was appropriately ordered on two statutory grounds. By allowing its board of directors to become defunct, Northwest forfeited its corporate rights; and because receivership was preferable...

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