[WSBAPT] Long-term relationship, short-term marriage, death

[Lisa E Schuchman]

A client lived with his domestic partner for 44 years, and they married less than a year ago.  The partner bought a house a few years before they started to live together and died recently without a will.  The closest blood relatives are siblings.  I think that the house is community property and the surviving spouse is entitled to the entire estate, which is mostly the house.  Does anyone disagree?  Either way, are the siblings entitled to notice?

Thanks,

Lisa E. Schuchman
206-960-4212
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