[WSBAPT] QUESTION ON COMMON LAW MARRIAGE AND INTESTATE PROBATE

[Fern Herbert]

Hello Listmates,

Client's partner of 20 years, 6 of them living together, died intestate. No official domestic partnership. Assets of about $67 in the bank. Does he have any right to claim in a Small Estate Affidavit under the common law, or will this just escheat to the state?

Any thoughts are welcome...


Fern Herbert
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