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GORMLEY v. ROBERTSON

No. 21580-6-III.

83 P.3d 1042 (2004)

Lynn GORMLEY, Respondent, v. Julia ROBERTSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Two.

February 3, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan P. Myre, Yakima, WA, for Appellant.

Howard N. Schwartz, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.

Lisa E. Brodoff, Seattle University Peterson Law Clinic, Patricia S. Novotny, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae.

KATO, J.

This appeal involves the division of property after the intimate domestic relationship ended between two single women, Lynn Gormley and Julia Robertson, who had cohabitated for some 10 years. The trial court applied the meretricious relationship doctrine to this same-sex couple in dividing their assets and liabilities. We affirm.

Between July 1988 and August 1998, Ms. Gormley and Dr. Robertson lived together...

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