<html><body><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:#0000ff; font-size:14pt;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Hi Jill:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" mce_style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;"><span class="mceItemHidden">No evidence of any ceremony - long history of drug addiction for both - but looking at a case “The law of committed, intimate relationships can be applied to divide assets between committed partners’ estates were both partners are deceased.” </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 12pt;"><span class="mceItemHidden"><span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord">Olver</span> v. Fowler, 161 Wn.2d 655, 458, 168 P.3d 348 (2007)</span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Mike</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 14pt;"><img id="sigimg1" title="signature image" src="cid:sigimg1@c140fdb345e1d84f2ef57e0958bd4d3c" border="0" alt=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 14pt;"><br><br></div><span class="mceItemHidden">
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Subject: Re: [<span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord">WSBAPT</span>] Finding a CIR- Meretricious Relationship for a</span><br><span class="mceItemHidden">
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From: "Jill H. <span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord">Sasser</span>" <<a href="mailto:jill.sasser@landerholm.com">jill.sasser@landerholm.com</a>></span><br><span class="mceItemHidden">
Date: Tue, January 17, 2017 4:29 pm</span><br><span class="mceItemHidden">
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</span></style> <div class="ImprintUniqueID"></div> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" mce_style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1f497d;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Are you sure they were not married? Any wedding pictures, congratulations cards, individuals who remember going to the wedding ceremony? Were they filing tax returns as a married couple? Any evidence at all that they were married? </span><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" mce_style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1f497d;"><o:p><span class="mceItemHidden"> </span></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" mce_style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1f497d;"><span class="mceItemHidden">I recall that there is a statute in RCW 26 where the court can determine that a marriage did exist. I had to use this in a case where the couple was married, but couldn’t find a copy of their marriage certificate, and the county where they were married had a fire and about 20 years of records were lost. Nothing had been stored digitally. We filed a petition and attached all the evidence I could find (affidavit from family members, wedding picture, etc.).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" mce_style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1f497d;"><o:p><span class="mceItemHidden"> </span></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" mce_style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1f497d;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Jill</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" mce_style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1f497d;"><o:p><span class="mceItemHidden"> </span></o:p></span></div> <div></div> </div> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3d3e40" mce_style="font-size: 12pt; color: #3d3e40;"> <div id="undefined"></div> <br> <font style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Jill H. <span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord">Sasser</span></span></font><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceItemHidden"> | </span></font><font style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Attorney at Law</span></font></span><br> <a target="_blank" href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/lNV1B6tpl8sm"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: windowtext" mce_style="text-decoration: none; color: windowtext;"></span></a><a href="http://www.landerholm.com" target=""><img width="206" height="45" style="border: 0px Solid ; " src="cid:image9c0e4c.GIF@0ac21766.40b8db03" wbeuser="matkins@michaelatkinslaw.com"></a><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #e36c0a" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; color: #e36c0a;"><br> </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #404040" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; color: #404040;"><font face="Calibri"><span class="mceItemHidden">805 Broadway Street, Suite 1000</span><br><span class="mceItemHidden"> P.O. 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Parties are both deceased. They took out a marriage license years ago and they are listed on real property as H&W but no record of a marriage license being recorded. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:blue" mce_style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;"><span class="mceItemHidden">So without marriage license being recorded, there were two probates opened and the PR for W does not want to share in lien for H health care. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:blue" mce_style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Anyone know of a case dealing with this or like to take a shot at how the court might decide ? </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:blue" mce_style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:blue" mce_style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;"><span class="mceItemHidden">Mike</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:blue" mce_style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;"><o:p><span class="mceItemHidden"> </span></o:p></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:blue" mce_style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;"><img width="500" height="100" id="sigimg1" src="cid:image001.png@01D270DD.DEC4ABC0" wbeuser="matkins@michaelatkinslaw.com"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div class="ImprintUniqueID"><font size="2"><span class="mceItemHidden">----------------------------</span><br><span class="mceItemHidden"> This e-mail message (including attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). 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