[WSBAPT] Transfer right before death

[Philip N. Jones]

I am not a creditor's rights attorney.  But even a lowly estate planner like me thinks this looks like a fraudulent transfer.  See RCW 19.40, known as the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, also known as the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act.  This is the state law that the IRS uses when someone (or some entity) transfers assets at a time when taxes are due, thus creating insolvency and preventing the IRS from collecting their taxes.  But any creditor can use this statute if the facts are right.  The recipients of the assets are subject to something known as transferee liability.  Best thing to do is talk to a creditor's rights attorney ASAP, and do not rely on my amateurish opinions.
Phil Jones


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Decedent sees the end coming. Transfers all assets to their sibling.

Decedent passes with $XXX in debt.

Is the estate insolvent where the creditors are "out of luck" or is this a transfer that can be undone.

Key in my mind is that there is literally not a single asset that will be conveyed after death.

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