In Re the Meretricious Relationship of Sutton

In In re Marriage of Lindsey, 101 Wn.2d 299, 302, 304, 678 P.2d 328 (1984), this state abandoned the presumption that all property acquired by a man and woman not married to each other but living together was not community property. We replaced that presumption with a rule "that courts must 'examine the [meretricious] relationship and the property accumulations and make a just and equitable disposition of the property.’ ” Id. at 304 (quoting Latham v. Hennessey, 87 Wn.2d 550, 554, 554 P.2d 1057 (1976)). In this case we are asked to decide whether the trial court’s conclusion that the…