[WSBAPT] Estate Owns 1/2 interest in Real Property

[Heather de Vrieze]

Jeff, what isn't clear to me from your fact pattern, is who the Personal Representative of H's estate is or if nonintervention powers have been granted. If the daughter is the Personal Representative and doesn't want to sell, I think a partition action is your only option. If the Personal Representative of H's estate and remainder beneficiaries of W's estate are all in agreement on sale, why would a Personal Representative with nonintervention powers even need a Court order to sell?

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Well, take a look at In re Westall, 423 P.3d 930 (2018).  "But the Supreme Court confirmed in In re Estate of Jones that until the estate closes, (1) the heirs may not treat estate real property as their own, and (2) an executor is entitled to possess and control estate property during the administration of the estate and has a right to it even against other heirs."  The court then approved the sale of the property.

Jeff

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As a co-tenant, H's daughter doesn't need permission to occupy.


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I don't think so. If I've read the facts right, on H's death, his life estate in W's 50% terminated and W's children immediately vested as owners of W's 50% of the property. The probate of H's estate includes only his 50% of the property as tenant in common with W's children.

So, I think the Estate has to file for-or threaten-partition in order to sell the whole house.

Re H's daughter, the Estate certainly has authority to eject since the Estate did not authorize her to move in and hasn't accepted her as a tenant. And I assume that W's children also didn't give her permission to move in. Ejectment can be done separately from the issue of sale of the property via partition.

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Eric

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Listmates:

H & W own home, as h & w.  W dies first and her Will leaves her ½ interest in home to her children from a prior marriage with a life estate, in her half, to H.  H dies and his Will leaves his ½ in home to his daughter.  Probate is still pending; daughter has moved into home.  She is not paying rent and refuses to do anything, as does her attorney.  The daughter's ½ interest has not been deeded to her.  PR wants to sell house to pay W's children their interest in the home.  W's children also want to sell house.  Can I use RCW 11.56.010 to order the home sold?

Jeff Davis

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