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• Proposed Changes to RAP 18.1 - Attorney Fees and Expenses (in Word Format)
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Purpose: The proposal amends section (b) to add a cross-reference to section (j). The change makes explicit what is currently implied. Section (j) represents an exception to the statement in section (b) that a request for attorney fees made in the Court of Appeals is treated as a continuing request in the Supreme Court. Under section (j), a party who seeks attorney fees in the Supreme Court for answering a petition for review that is subsequently denied must include a request for those fees in the answer.