[WSBAPT] Divorce, property settlement and estate planning

[Mark Higgins]

Check with the title insurance company involved with the refinance.  The
lender would have received title insurance, and therefore the title company
must have insured title around the wife issue.  Ask them what they did to
solve the wife-on-the-record problem.​

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Claudia A Gowan <claudia at cagowanlaw.com>
wrote:

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> Colleagues, I am looking for guidance on how to handle a title question.
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> New client coming in for estate planning.
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> Last deed recorded on his residence with the County was his deed gifting
> then wife a CP interest in the home.
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> Was divorced within last few years. Home was awarded to him under property
> settlement. However, no deed was issued through property settlement
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> He refinanced the property after the divorce, but as far as I can tell,
> the lender did nothing to clear the records.
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> Any thoughts on how to handle this?
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> Many thanks, Claudia
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> *Claudia A. Gowan*
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> *Claudia A. Gowan, PLLC*
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> *claudia at cagowanlaw.com <claudia at cagowanlaw.com>*
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Mark T. Higgins
Mark T. Higgins, P.C.
P.O. Box 57
Darrington, WA 98241
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