IN RE MARRIAGE OF LARSON AND CALHOUN

No. 69833-8-I.

313 P.3d 1228 (2013)

In re MARRIAGE OF Christopher Ross LARSON, Appellant, and Julia Larson CALHOUN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

November 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Wright Smith , Valerie A. Villacin , Smith Goodfriend PS, Seattle, WA, Thomas Gerard Hamerlinck , Thomas G. Hamerlinck PS, Bellevue, WA, for Appellants.

Janet A. George , Janet A. George Inc P.S, Seattle, WA, Philip Albert Talmadge , Emmelyn Hart , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, Tukwila, WA, for Respondents.


LAU, J.

¶ 1 This case requires us to determine whether a trial court's authority to award one spouse's separate property to the other spouse in a dissolution action is limited to circumstances where a spouse cannot be amply provided for from community property alone. We conclude that RCW 26.09.080 does not single out the property's character or any other factor to be given more weight. This statute and controlling case authority direct the trial court to make...

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