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IN RE PARENTAGE OF J.B.R.

No. 31703-0-III.

336 P.3d 648 (2014)

184 Wn. App. 203

In re PARENTAGE J.B.R. Child, Nathanial A. York, (De Facto Parent), Respondent, and Lacey Shows-Re, (Mother), Appellant, and James A. Candler, (Father), Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

October 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Laws , Broyles & Laws PLLC, Clarkston, WA, for Appellant.

Tina Lynn Kernan , Law Offices of Clark & Feeney, Lewiston, ID, for Respondent.

LAWRENCE-BERREY, J.

¶ 1 In 2005, the Washington State Supreme Court adopted the doctrine of de facto parentage. In essence, a nonparent petitioner may be recognized as a legal parent if the petitioner establishes four factors. This case presents the issue of whether de facto parentage may be extended to a stepparent of a child with two legal parents. We hold that the doctrine may be so extended if the stepparent petitioner establishes the relevant

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