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IN RE MARRIAGE OF BLACK

No. 92994-7.

392 P.3d 1041 (2017)

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF: Rachelle K. BLACK, Petitioner, and Charles W. Black, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed April 6, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda J. Beane , Kelly F. Moser , Julie Wilson-McNerney , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave., Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3099, David J. Ward, Legal Voice, 907 Pine St., Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98101-1818, for Petitioner.

Kenneth Wendell Masters , Shelby R. Frost Lemmel , Masters Law Group PLLC, 241 Madison Ave. N., Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-1811, for Respondent.

Robert S. Chang , Lorraine K. Bannai , Jessica Levin , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, Matthew J. Segal , Manna Peterson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law & Equality.

Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 630, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008, Jill Mullins-Cannon , Justice & Equality Legal Services, PLLC, 600 Winslow Way E., Ste. 232, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-2417, Lenora M. Lapidus , Leslie Cooper , Gillian Thomas , American Civil Liberties Union, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY, 10004, Daniel Mach , Heather L. Weaver , ACLU Foundation, 915 15th Street N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, DC, 20005, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.

Raegen Nicole Rasnic , Skellenger Bender PS, 1301 5th Ave., Ste. 3401, Seattle, WA, 98101-2630, Matthew J. Segal , Manna Peterson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).

Raegen Nicole Rasnic , Skellenger Bender PS, 1301 5th Ave., Ste. 3401, Seattle, WA, 98101-2630, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Seattle University School of Law Professor Julie Shapiro.

Raegen Nicole Rasnic , Skellenger Bender PS, 1301 5th Ave., Ste. 3401, Seattle, WA, 98101-2630, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD).

Raegen Nicole Rasnic , Skellenger Bender PS, 1301 5th Ave., Ste. 3401, Seattle, WA, 98101-2630, Matthew J. Segal , Manna Peterson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of QLAW Association of Washignton (QLAW).

¶ 1 Rachelle and Charles Black were married for nearly 20 years and have three sons. They raised their children in a conservative Christian church and sent them to private, Christian schools. In 2011, Rachelle1 told Charles that she is a lesbian. In the order of dissolution, the trial court designated...

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