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MATTER OF ESTATE OF PETELLE

No. 97463-2.

462 P.3d 848 (2020)

In the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Michael A. PETELLE, Deceased. Gloria Petelle, Respondent, v. Michelle Ersfeld-Petelle, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed May 14, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Terese Wilson , Law Offices of Ann T. Wilson, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-2393, Catherine Wright Smith , Smith Goodfriend PS, Valerie A. Villacin , 1619 8th Ave. N., Seattle, WA, 98109-3007, Michael L. Olver , Helsell Fetterman LLP, 1001 4th Ave. Ste. 4200, Seattle, WA, 98154-1154, for Petitioner.

Jason W. Burnett , Attorney at Law, 801 2nd Ave. Ste. 1415, Seattle, WA, 98104-1517, Jason Wayne Anderson , Sidney Charlotte Tribe , Carney Badley Spellman , 701 5th Ave. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, for Respondent.

Karen Elizabeth Boxx , Keller Rohrback LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 3200, Seattle, WA, 98101-3052, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of University of Washington School of Law.

This case involves an issue of contract interpretation, determining whether a surviving spouse agreed in a separation contract to give up her right to intestate succession under RCW 11.04.015. Petitioner Michelle Ersfeld-Petelle seeks reversal of a published Court of Appeals opinion reversing the trial court's denial of a motion to terminate...

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