<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you all!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We are taking the last approach set out by John, where the parents are willing to assign their interest to the surviving spouse given that if they were to disclaim, the a sister comes into play and we would like to keep her on the bench. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Much appreciated feedback,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Brent</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:15 AM, John Creahan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@cairn-law.com" target="_blank">john@cairn-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" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">Brent,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">Under Garn St. Germain, which applies even if there is no will, due on sale clauses are unenforceable with regard to transfers
</span><span lang="EN" style="color:#c00000">to a relative resulting from the death of a borrower
</span><span style="color:#595959">or </span><span lang="EN" style="color:#c00000">where the spouse or children of the borrower become an owner of the property</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT",serif;color:#333333">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">I think there are a couple of ways to achieve this. The easiest would be a disclaimer by the parents, which would only work if the wife became the alternate beneficiary.
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TEDRA</span> agreement could also work, but is riskier in that the bank could potentially argue that it was ineffective.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">Finally, the parents could assign their interest in the house to the wife, allowing the PR to distribute the house directly to the surviving spouse. In my opinion, that would fall
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">Hope this helps,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#595959">John Creahan</span><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#595959"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<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"> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.<wbr>com</a>
 [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.<wbr>wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Williams-Ruth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Transfer of Mortgage<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Thank you. No  sadly, the will in place named his parents as beneficiary as they had been married only a shorter period of time and had been actively deployed. He passed suddenly while they were meeting with JBLM office to re-write the will leaving everything
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The parents have been amazing and are working to get everything to stay with his wife with as little tax consequence as possible.<u></u><u></u></p>
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Appreciate all the help!<u></u><u></u></p>
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Mary Stone <<a href="mailto:mlstone@rockisland.com" target="_blank">mlstone@rockisland.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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 the ‘due-on-sale’ clause.  They must continue to accept payments from the wife.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.<wbr>com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.<wbr>wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Williams-Ruth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 11, 2017 8:41 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Transfer of Mortgage<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am in the middle of a probate matter where there is real property with a mortgage and a surviving spouse - but a minuscule community property interest.  The house and mortgage
 were acquired 10+ years before the relationship and marriage so the surviving spouse is not on either the title or the mortgage. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given that this is my first probate where there is still an outstanding mortgage obligation and am needing some advice/tips as when the surviving spouse originally went to the bank
 after death they advised her that they would replace her name on the mortgage. That sounded too good to be true when she told me about that and I advised her to make another visit.  On the next visit that happened this week, she was told she would be required
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm not sure whether that (refinance) is the only answer, or if I just need to speak with someone different that who she was talking with.<u></u><u></u></p>
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