Fies v. Storey

1 Citing case

  1. Komm v. Department of Social & Health Services

    23 Wn. App. 593 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979)   Cited 14 times
    In Komm v. Department of Soc. Health Servs., 23 Wn. App. 593, 597 P.2d 1372 (1979), the Court of Appeals held that a child support obligation owed to the State for foster care expenses for two children who were removed from the mother and stepfather's care and placed in foster care was a community debt that could be collected out of the earnings of the stepfather.

    This rule presented no due process problems because the husband, as manager of the community, was deemed to represent the community's interest. Fies v. Storey, 37 Wn.2d 105, 221 P.2d 1031 (1950); Capital Nat'l Bank v. Johns, 170 Wn. 250, 16 P.2d 452 (1932). In fact, as the statutory agent of the marital community, the husband had not only the right, but the duty, to defend actions against the marital community.