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GUARD v. JACKSON

No. 64704-6.

940 P.2d 642 (1997)

132 Wash.2d 660

Toni Rae GUARD, Individually and as Parent and Personal Representative for the Estate of Jeffrey King Beeston, Jr., Plaintiff, Jeffrey King Beeston, Sr., Respondent, v. John JACKSON and Cindy Jackson, husband and wife, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erika J. Starrs, Kathryn L. Tucker, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.

Belcher, Swanson, Lackey, Doran, Lewis & Robertson, John C. Belcher, Bellingham, for Petitioners.

Law Offices of Eugene Bolin, Jr., Eugene N. Bolin, Matthew D. Dubin, Seattle, for Respondent.

DOLLIVER, Justice.

RCW 4.24.010 authorizes parents to file a wrongful death action for the death of their minor child. In the case of an illegitimate child, however, the statute requires the father to have contributed regularly to the financial support of the child before the father can join in the action. The statute places no such contribution requirement on the mother of an illegitimate child. We find the support requirement...

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