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

[Jayne Gilbert]

i am no pro, but here are my thoughts They're definitely a CIR couple and
as such the SS has a non-probate claim as to half. Under the Intestacy
statute I think, I'd look this up, but the heirs may have an interest if
the property is characterized as separate property I think the SS would get
3/4 interest and if the parents are dead the sibs have a 1/4 interest and
would be entitled to notice. Kind of tricky. If the property is
characterized as community property it all goes to the SS. 41 years is a
long time there's probably a lot of commingling going on there.

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:15 PM, Lisa E Schuchman <lisa at lisaschuchman.com>
wrote:

> 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?
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> Thanks,
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> Lisa E. Schuchman
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