Gormley v. Robertson

83 P.3d 1042 (2004)

Lynn GORMLEY, Respondent,

v.

Julia ROBERTSON, Appellant.

No. 21580-6-III.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Two.

February 3, 2004.

Bryan P. Myre, Yakima, WA, for Appellant.

Howard N. Schwartz, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.

Lisa E. Brodoff, Seattle University Peterson Law Clinic, Patricia S. Novotny, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae.

KATO, J.

This appeal involves the division of property after the intimate domestic relationship ended between two single women, Lynn Gormley and Julia Robertson, who had cohabitated for some 10 years. The trial court applied the meretricious…