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DESEAN v. SANGER

No. 101330-2.

536 P.3d 191 (2023)

Carmella DESEAN, Petitioner, v. Isaiah SANGER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed October 5, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Lynn Johnson , Attorney at Law, 2220 H Street #1, Vancouver, WA, Margaret Macrae , Attorney at Law, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw., Olympia, WA, Jennifer Ammons , Northwest Justice Project, 715 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma, WA, for Petitioner.

Nicole Terece Dalton , Dalton Law Office PLLC, 2904 Main St., Vancouver, WA, for Respondent.

Richard B. Lumley , Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP, 1201 Pacific Ave. Ste. 2100, Tacoma, WA, Evangeline Stratton , Zyreena Gutierrez Choudhry , Family Violence Appellate Project, 1239 120th Ave. Ne. Ste. J., Bellevue, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Et Al. Family Violence Appellate Project.

Riddhi Mukhopadhyay , Sexual Violence Law Center, 101 Yesler Way Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Sexual Violence Law Center, Legal Voice, Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence, Rebuilding Hope, Washington State Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs.

¶1 The Sexual Assault Protection Order Act (SAPOA), former ch. 7.90 RCW (2020), allows a victim of unwanted sexual contact to seek a civil protection order against the perpetrator. Under the act, a court enters a protection order if it finds that the petitioner has been a victim of nonconsensual sexual conduct or penetration by the...

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