IN RE ESTATE OF KISSINGER

No. 81328-1.

206 P.3d 665 (2009)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Pamela L. KISSINGER, Leonard Hoss as Personal Representative, Respondent, v. Joshua Hoge, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean Ann O'loughlin, Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, for Appellant.

Mark Leemon, Leemon and Royer PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 On January 13, 2000, Joshua Hoge was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of his mother, Pamela Kissinger, and stepbrother, James Zachary Kissinger. After obtaining a settlement in a wrongful death action, the personal representative for Pamela's estate brought a motion for a determination of statutory beneficiaries in King County Superior Court, arguing that Hoge was a "slayer" as defined by chapter 11.84 RCW (slayer statute...

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