Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Case No. 1 - 77858-2

COUNSEL

State of Washington, on behalf of M.M.G. and V.M.G., children
     v.
Richard Scott Graham
     and
Michele Leann Cunliffe

Lloyd Corgan

Catherine Smith

Patricia Novotny

SYNOPSIS: Should the method for determining child support payments for parents who split custody of their children apply to parents who equally share custody of all their children?  Does RCW 26.19.020 create a presumption that the trial court should extrapolate when it exceeds the economic table in the child support schedule where the parents combined monthly net income is greater than $7,000?

Case No. 2 -77890-6

COUNSEL

In re the Marriage of
Angela Karon McCausland
     and
Robert Glenn McCausland

James Lopez

Catherine Smith/Valerie Villacin &
Jeffrey Robinson

SYNOPSIS: Does RCW 26.19.020 create a presumption that the trial court should extrapolate when it exceeds the economic table in the child support schedule where the parents combined monthly net income is greater than $7,000 and is there a conflict among the divisions of the Court of Appeals on this question?

Case No. 3 - 77767-5

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Nicholas Daniel Hacheney

Randall Sutton

John Cross

SYNOPSIS: Whether a murder was committed “in the course of” the crime of first degree arson when the killing was accomplished before the fire was started.  Whether the trial court properly admitted the depositions of witnesses who were out of the country at the time of the trial.

Case No. 4 - 77974-1

COUNSEL

American Discount Corporation, a Washington corporation,
     and
United Collection Service, Inc.
     v.
W. Austin Shepherd, Jr. et ux.

Walter Palmer, Sr.

Marc Stern

SYNOPSIS: Whether the legislature can constitutionally revive an assignee’s judgment by retroactive amendment to RCW 6.17.020 in light of an earlier Court of Appeals decision holding that only judgment creditors, not assignees, can extend judgments.