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IN RE ESTATE OF BLESSING

No. 85944-2.

273 P.3d 975 (2012)

174 Wn.2d 228

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Audrey P. BLESSING, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacke L. Blair , Attorney at Law, Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, Spokane, WA, for Petitioner.

Steven W. Hughes , Ewing Anderson PS, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.

C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This case involves whether the children of the decedent's predeceased spouse can be considered "stepchildren" under the wrongful death recovery statute, RCW 4.20.020. The decedent, Audrey Blessing, and the children's father were married in 1964. The children's father died in 1994. Blessing died in 2007. Now, in this wrongful death suit brought on behalf of her estate, the estate argues the children ceased being her stepchildren when their father...

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