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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hello wise ones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have a situation where in-home care providers of a decedent are changing locks to a home after the owner of the home died. The care providers
are not family. The arrangement was informal – nothing in writing. The care providers are folks who are historically dependent on the generosity of others for survival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The tenants have transferred title out of the owner’s name on a valuable antique car after death (perhaps based on having possession of a signed
title – we are not sure yet). They are not deemed trustworthy as custodians of the property or papers in the home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The son of the decedent is the estate administrator. The tenants have also blocked the son’s access to the father’s personal records in the
home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">What is a good way to handle these folks?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">What is the nature of the tenancy?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Is it excluded from RLTA under:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">RCW 59.18.040. Living arrangements exempted from chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The following living arrangements are not intended to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, unless established primarily
to avoid its application, in which event the provisions of this chapter shall control:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(8) Occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupy is conditioned upon employment in or about the premises.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Does the estate administrator stand in the shoes of the decedent as a co-occupant of the home – therefore entitled to use of the home and freedom to take
possession of property of the decedent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Is the tenancy converted to a month-to-month tenancy as a default tenancy after death?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Can the estate charge rent now that no services are being provided?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> How to remove the tenants ASAP and get access to the home and personal papers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> How to restrain use or transfer of the vehicle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black">Andrew Hay<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black">Hay & Swann PLLC</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black">201 South 34th Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black">Tacoma, WA 98418<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black">Phone: (253) 272-2400</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:black">Fax: (253) 267-8947<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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