Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Ehler
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 26, 1959No. 34829PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMallery, J.
This case involves an interpretation of the meaning of the word “stepchild” as used in RCW 83.08.020, an inheritance tax statute.
Della E. Ehler married a man who had two children by a former wife. She divorced him and married again. This man also had two children by a former wife. She divorced the second husband and subsequently died bequeathing property to the children of her former husbands.
The supervisor of the inheritance tax division of the tax commission of the state of Washington denominated the bequests class C under the provision of RCW 83.08.040 for inheritance tax purposes. The…
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