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Dear John, as silly as it may be, there is probably no real alternative to the two conveyances. RCW 64.80.050 indicates the capacity required of a person to make a TOD deed is the same as that of a will. RCW 11.12.010 indicates a natural person may devise
all of his or her estate by will. So the trustee would not be devising “his or her estate” by the transfer you raise as to recording a TOD deed, retaining title in the trust. And the problem with the earlier alternative is that the grantee of the TOD deed
would be the trust grantor, not the intended beneficiary on the grantor’s death. Yours truly, Doug Owens<br class="">
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<div aria-label="Compose body" class="">I have a client who wants to remove her condo from her revocable trust and/or establish it as TOD to her child at her death. <br class="">
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Is there a way to accomplish the TOD objective without two recordings (incurring two recording fees)?<br class="">
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<div aria-label="Compose body" class="">Can I have her, as trustee, quitclaim the condo out to herself in distribution and simultaneously convert her ownership to the TOD form in a single deed? <br class="">
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<div aria-label="Compose body" class="">Or, can the trustee, at her direction as grantor record a TOD deed, retaining title in the name of the RLT?<br class="">
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<div aria-label="Compose body" class="">Or, do I have to quitclaim out to the grantor, who then records a second TOD deed?<br class="">
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<div aria-label="Compose body" class="">It seems silly to require two recordings in this case. <br class="">
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