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<DIV>RCW 11.12.030 deals with signing with a mark on wills.</DIV>
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<DIV>RCW 64.08.100 deals with someone unable to sign even with a mark and directing the notary to sign.</DIV>
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<DIV>Neither is exactly your situation but these statutes may be a place to start to find more info. </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:djbratt@mbavancouverlaw.com">Douglas Bratt</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Date:</B></I> 7/4/2018 7:04:31 PM</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Subject:</B></I> [WSBAPT] Signing with an X - Overseas</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>An interesting issue.<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I need a Consent for Termination/Adoption to be signed overseas. The person (mother) signs with an X, not being able to read or write in any language. I am making sure the person has local legal counsel, who can both counsel her and can provide translation from English to the individual’s principal language of the language of the Consent form. <O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>(This is for an adoption of her son, which she wants to have happen. The son is an American citizen, with an American passport, having had an American father, now deceased, who has enlisted his best friend (a US citizen) to bring the son to the State of Washington to be educated, so this is NOT one of those situations where adoption is being used as a means of trying to confer citizenship on the adoptee.) <O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I recall there being a special statute used in situations where people sign with an X, but I cannot seem to put my hands on that statute.<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Help would be appreciated from any of you with this knowledge, plus any additional bits of advice as to this type of situation.<O:P></O:P></P>
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