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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 16, 2015, at 10:10 AM, Mark Higgins <<a href="mailto:markthiggins@gmail.com" class="">markthiggins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Check with the title insurance company involved with the refinance. The lender would have received title insurance, and therefore the title company must have insured title around the wife issue. Ask them what they did to solve the wife-on-the-record problem.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Claudia A Gowan <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:claudia@cagowanlaw.com" target="_blank" class="">claudia@cagowanlaw.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues, I am looking for guidance on how to handle a title question.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">New client coming in for estate planning.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Last deed recorded on his residence with the County was his deed gifting then wife a CP interest in the home.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Was divorced within last few years. Home was awarded to him under property settlement. However, no deed was issued through property settlement proceedings.
<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">He refinanced the property after the divorce, but as far as I can tell, the lender did nothing to clear the records.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts on how to handle this?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks, Claudia<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121);font-family:ParkAvenue;font-size:12pt" class="">Claudia A. Gowan<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class="">Claudia A. Gowan, PLLC<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class="">Market Place One, Suite 330<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class="">2003 Western Avenue<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class="">Seattle, WA 98121<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><a href="tel:%28206%29%20443-2733" target="_blank" value="+12064432733" class="">(206) 443-2733</a> (T)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><a href="tel:%28206%29%20448-2252" target="_blank" value="+12064482252" class="">(206) 448-2252</a> (F)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><a href="mailto:claudia@cagowanlaw.com" target="_blank" class="">claudia@cagowanlaw.com</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><a href="http://www.seattletrustsandestates.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.seattletrustsandestates.com</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p>
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