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IN RE PARENTAGE OF M.F.

No. 81043-5.

228 P.3d 1270 (2010)

In the Matter of the Parentage of M.F. John Corbin, Respondent, v. Patricia Reimen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia S. Novotny, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, James Davis Shipman, Podrasky, Shipman & Shields, Everett, WA, for Petitioner.

Catherine Wright Smith, Valerie A. Villacin, Edwards, Sieh, Smith & Goodfriend, P.S., Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Sarah A. Dunne, ACLU, Nancy Lynn Talner, Attorney at Law, Roger Ashley Leishman, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU.

David J. Ward, Legal Voice, Janet Marie Helson, Skellenger Bender, P.S., Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Women's Law Center.

C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This case asks us to decide whether the common law de facto parentage doctrine, recognized in In re Parentage of L.B., 155 Wn.2d 679, 122 P.3d 161 (2005), extends to a stepparent/stepchild relationship. The Court of Appeals declined to extend the doctrine in this case. We affirm the Court of Appeals and hold that the de facto parentage doctrine does not apply under...

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