<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif"><font size="6">Thanks, Eileen - okay, so your general practice is to NOT convert, ever? Unless there is a very good reason to do so? Like what?</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif"><font size="6"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif"><font size="6">... otherwise, I take it you simply detail that Separate Property in the Will as to whom it will go upon death?</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Peterson, Eileen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:EPeterson@gth-law.com" target="_blank">EPeterson@gth-law.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’d be very careful – prenuptial is always preferred course. I generally never convert separate property to community property unless there is
a very specific reason for doing so. “I love you” is not a good enough reason. The rights are different both at death and upon dissolution of marriage (and these are the areas of conflict). If the clients elect to convert without separate counsel and you
are willing to act for both (and I agree with John’s comment), you should provide very clear disclosures in the document indicating the potential for conflict and the recommendation for separate counsel. My two cents, Eileen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Victor R<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 07, 2015 12:23 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] When "Not" to Advise a Pre-Nup?<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:24.0pt">I don't see ANY conflict of any kind, however (and this is not an easy thing to say).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:24.0pt">Their situation: "What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine"</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:38 AM, John Creahan <<a href="mailto:john@cairn-law.com" target="_blank">john@cairn-law.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Victor R<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 7, 2015 11:31 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] When "Not" to Advise a Pre-Nup?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:24.0pt">We got a potential situation where Prior Marriage Assets from one spouse AND a size-able Inheritance coming from the Mother of the 'other' spouse
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:24.0pt">1) When do you NOT advise a pre-nup? Under what conditions?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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