IN RE ESTATE OF TOLAND

No. 88045-0.

329 P.3d 878 (2014)

180 Wn.2d 836

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Etsuko Futagi TOLAND, Deceased. Bryce H. Dille, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Etsuko Futagi Toland, Petitioner, v. Peter Paul Toland, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy A. Dugger , Attorney at Law, Fairfax, VA, Shannon R. Jones , Campbell Dille Barnett & Smith PLLC, Puyallup, WA, for Petitioner.

Douglas N. Kiger , Blado Kiger Bolan, PS, Tacoma, WA, Kimberly Ann Quach , Lechman-Su & Quach, PC, Portland, OR, for Respondent.

Judy A. Dugger , Attorney at Law, Fairfax, VA, Shannon R. Jones , Campbell Dille Barnett & Smith PLLC, Puyallup, WA, for Other Parties.


MADSEN, C.J.

¶ 1 The estate of Etsuko Futagi Toland (Estate) asks that we reverse the Court of Appeals decision upholding summary judgment that denied registration of a Japanese divorce decree awarding Etsuko Toland a monetary award against her former husband, Peter Paul Toland.1 The primary question is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying recognition of the divorce decree under comity principles because Paul was...

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