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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>There is no “automatic” community property interest of a new spouse in the separate property of the client. Read the Estate of Borghi, 167 Wn. 2d 480 (2009). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>A pre-nup followed by a Will that spells out the client’s wishes would be the best practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>burchettlaw@yahoo.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 30, 2016 3:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com>; WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Community Property and protecting children's interest?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37042"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I have a client who is a widower. We created a will for him in the last two years in which his older daughter is the executor and she is responsible, upon his death, of liquidating all of his assets and distributing them to his four children, including herself. There is a house that is paid for and some various CD's and life insurance policies that already have the executor named as beneficiary.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37043"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37044"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>He has now come to me and told me that he wants to get remarried but to have the will essentially remain the same except that he would leave the house that he is currently living in, which has a mortgage, to his new wife upon his demise as well as a small life insurance policy with her as the named beneficiary.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37045"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37046"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The bottom-line is that he wants the original will to pretty much remain the same as far as leaving his assets to his children.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37047"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37048"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Given that Washington is a Community Property State, will all of his assets automatically revert to his new wife upon his demise? What is the best vehicle he can use to protect his children's interests? A trust? A pre-nup? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37049"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1480357775344_37050"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thanks in advance for your advice<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>