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SMITH v. SMITH

No. 76247-8-I.

404 P.3d 101 (2017)

Sandra Lynn SMITH, Respondent, v. Joshua Thaddeus SMITH, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED: October 30, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley G. Barshis , Elizabeth Mount Penner , Newton and Hall, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, 610 Central Ave. S., Kent, WA, 98032-6111, for Appellant.

Anthony Todaro , DLA Piper LLP (US), 701 5th Ave., Ste. 7000, Seattle, WA, 98104-7044, William D. Braun , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 53092, Bellevue, WA, 98015-3092, for Respondent.

Manja Sachet , Ross Joseph Tanaka , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 5100, Seattle, WA, 98104-7036, David J. Ward , Legal Voice, 907 Pine St., Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98101-1818, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Voice.

Ruth Esther Esparza , Northwest Justice Project, 300 Okanogan Ave., Ste. 3A, Wenatchee, WA, 98801-6940, Lindsey Anne Paxton , Parents Defense Counsel, 505 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 650, Spokane, WA, 99201-0500, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Justice Project.

Thomas E. Weaver Jr. , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 1056, Bremerton, WA, 98337-0221, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of WACDL.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 The mere pendency of parallel civil and criminal cases does not entitle the defendant to a stay of the civil case. Instead, a trial court considering a stay request must consider and balance the eight factors identified by this court in King v. Olympic Pipe Line Co.

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