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EISENBACH v. SCHNEIDER

No. 58047-7-I.

166 P.3d 858 (2007)

Larry Edwin EISENBACH, Respondent/Cross Appellant, v. Stephen F. SCHNEIDER and Jane Doe Schneider; and Roy Allen Eisenbach and Annette Eisenbach, Appellants/Cross Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A.W. Johnson, Rosemary Reed, Stokes Lawrence PS, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

G. Michael Zeno Jr., Zeno Drake & Hively PS, Kirkland, WA, Howard Mark Goodfriend, Edwards Sieh Smith & Goodfriend PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

PUBLISHED IN PART

COX, J.

¶ 1 Federal law controls the determination of the obligation to pay and the total amount of federal estate tax.1 However, state law generally retains its traditional role of determining testamentary intent respecting the impact of the estate tax on beneficiaries and distribution of the estate.2 Here, the settlors of the trust indenture at issue in this case clearly intended...

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