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OLVER v. FOWLER

No. 78321-7.

168 P.3d 348 (2007)

Michael L. OLVER, special administrator of the estate of Thuy Thi Thanh Nguyen Ho, Respondent, v. Julie K. FOWLER, special administrator of the estate of Cung Van Ho; and Vu Nguyen, guardian ad litem for Dianna Nguyen, a minor child, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry James Barnett, Attorney at Law, Stanley Jay Rumbaugh, Rumbaugh Rideout Barnett & Adkins Tacoma, WA, for Petitioners.

Michael L. Olver, Betts Patterson & Mines PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

BRIDGE, J.

¶ 1 Cung Ho's and Thuy Nguyen Ho's 14-year relationship ended when they and several others were killed in a car accident. We must determine whether the trial court abused its discretion when it allowed a party asserting a tort claim against the couple's property to intervene in an action between their estates. We must also determine whether Washington's law of meretricious1 or committed intimate relationships can be applied...

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