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    <b>For better or worse, what I've used to distribute real property
      out of an estate is what I've called a PR's Deed, which I prepared
      from a Quitclaim Deed by specifying its Grantor to be the PR of an
      estate etc.  I've used my PR's Deed form for years, & so far,
      have not had any problem with it unless I somehow screw up its
      legal description or make some other dumb mistake like that, such
      as misspelling a party's name, Oh, my!</b><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/24/2015 10:58 AM, Lovie Bernardi
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Dear listmates,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Is there any problem with using a quit
          claim deed to transfer decedent’s portion of real estate to
          the surviving spouse instead of a PR deed? The will instructs
          that the PR (surviving spouse) divide the community property
          into two equal portions, one half will be survivor’s property
          and the decedent’s half will be put into a trust. The will
          gives the PR full discretion in dividing the property. One
          half of the property has already been placed into the trust,
          so I want to transfer the remaining real estate to the
          survivor. It seems like the description of the will provisions
          that would be included in a PR deed would be overly
          complicated and it would be better to use a quit claim deed.
          Because the survivor wants the property to go into the trust
          to avoid an ancillary probate, I am then planning to file a
          transfer on death deed for the entire property. Does anyone
          see any issues with this plan or have advice on how to
          proceed? Thank you in advance for your input.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lovie
            Bernardi</span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Attorney
            at Law</span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Seligmann
            & Flaherty, PLLC</span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">216
            First AVE S, #450</span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Seattle,
            WA  98104</span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(206)
            682-2616<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:joni@sbfirm.com"><span
                style="color:blue">lovie@sbfirm.com</span></a></span><span
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