Cook v. Gisler

In the early morning hours of April 13, 1974, the plaintiff, Sandra Cook, shot and killed her then husband, Norman Peterson. In September of 1975 she brought an action to quiet title to an undivided one-half interest in a home owned by the Petersons, which home was the subject of a community property agreement. Defendant, Natalie Gisler, appears as a guardian ad litem for three minor children of the deceased. Norma Peterson and Tamara McManus are also children of the deceased but appear and defend in their own right as adults.

Defendants interposed an affirmative defense based upon RCW 11.84,…