DUVALL v. NELSON

No. 73416-4-I.

387 P.3d 1158 (2017)

James DUVALL, Respondent, v. Rebecca NELSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Filed: January 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evangeline Stratton , Anderson, York & Stratton, PC, 150 Nickerson St., Ste. 311, Seattle, WA, 98109-1634, Alanna Peterson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, Kevin Blair Hansen , Livengood Alskog, PLLC, P.O. Box 908, 121 Third Ave., Kirkland, WA, 98083-0908, Thomas Harding Wolfendale , Robert Bertelson Mitchell, Jr. , K & L Gates LLP, 925 4th Ave., Ste. 2900, Seattle, WA, 98104-1158, for Appellant.

Timothy Scott McGarry , Attorney at Law, 155 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA, 98004-5928, James Elliot Lobsenz , Carney Badley Spellman, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, for Respondent.

Elizabeth Simson Weinstein , Yarmuth Wilsdon PLLC, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 1400, Seattle, WA, 98101-3336, Janet S. Chung , Legal Voice, 907 Pine St., Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98101-1818, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Voice.

Leslie J. Savina , Northwest Justice Project, 401 2nd Ave. S., Ste. 407, Seattle, WA, 98104-3811, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Justice Project.

Laura Jones , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 3026, Renton, WA, 98056-5026, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Sexual Assault Resource Center.


¶ 1 In 2006, the Washington State Legislature created the Sexual Assault Protection Order Act (SAPOA), chapter 7.90 RCW, with the intent of creating civil remedy allowing a victim of sexual assault to obtain a protection order against future interactions with their assailant. In order to obtain a sexual assault protection order, the...

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