Wa State Dept Of Revenue, Appellant V Dennis J. Bloch, Estate Of Eva Bloch, Respondent (Majority)
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FILED COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WikliiiNfON 2014 DEC 30 DIVISION II AM 9: 46 STATE OF WASHINGTON No. 44802 -5 -II DENNIS J. BLOCH, Executor of the Estate of BY EVA BLOCH, OEP' TY Respondent, v. UNPUBLISHED OPINION WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, a state agency, Appellant. MELNICK, J. — a final The Department of Revenue appealed a trial court order ordering it to issue release of estate tax liability as to the Estate of Eva Bloch. That order was based on the Washington State Supreme Court' s opinion in In re Estate ofBracken, 175 Wn.2d 549, 290 P. 3d 99 ( 2012). In response to Bracken, the legislature amended the Estate and Transfer Tax Act, chapter 83. 100 RCW, in 2013, retroactive to estates of decedents, like Bloch, who died on or after May 17, 2005. Challenges to those amendments, including their retroactivity, were brought by estates and considered by the Washington State Supreme Court in In re Estate ofHambleton, 335 P. 3d 398 ( 2014). Wn.2d , This appeal was stayed pending a decision in Hambleton. On October 2, 2014, the Court issued its opinion in Hambleton, upholding the validity of the 2013 amendment. In re Estate ofHambleton, 335 P. 3d 398. The Estate concedes that the Hambleton opinion resolves this appeal in favor of the Department and that the trial court' s order should be reversed. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court' s order in favor of the Estate and remand to the trial court for entry of judgment in favor of the Department filing of this without an award of opinion. fees or costs to either party. The mandate will issue upon 44802 -5 - II A majority of the panel having determined that this opinion will not be printed in the Washington Appellate Reports, but will be filed for public record in accordance with RCW 2. 06. 040, it is so ordered. We concur: 2
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