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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">You’re right, I meant to say half-siblings, not step-siblings. Here is how it should have read: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">If a person dies intestate without children or spouse, and the intestate’s parents are deceased, the heirs are the deceased’s siblings, whether those siblings
are full siblings or half siblings. RCW 11.04.035. So a person might die with a twin who survives, for example, and that surviving twin has to share her brother’s inheritance with 9 half siblings a thousand miles away who she’s never met. This seems odd,
but that’s the law. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">There is an exception to this if the property is traceable to the twins’ parent (ancestor) who is not the parent of the half-children, in which case those
traceable funds go only to the twin and not to the half siblings. RCW 11.04.035. Ok, that makes sense.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Going back to the first paragraph above: I know this is not the law, but it seems to me it would make more sense if an intestate’s estate (that is not traceable
to one parent or another) would go 50% to mom’s children and 50% to dad’s children. In the case of a twin with 9 half-siblings, under this proposal the twin would get 55% and each half-sibling would get 5%. If the twin had 3 half-siblings instead of 9,
the twin would receive 62.5%, and 12.5% would go to each half-sibling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Wouldn’t that make more sense? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Karl
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">7010 35th Ave. N.E.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Seattle, Washington 98115<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">206 523-0297</span></i><span style="color:#0F243E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Winslow<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Intestate Inheritance with "kindred of the half blood"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">First, I think you are confusing terms between
<i>half siblings</i> and <i>step siblings</i>. The steps have no claim because they are not blood relatives. The half sibs do because they share one parent with the decedent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">See Section 6.4 of the WSBA Probate desk book. The discussion about ancestral property (which you raised below) is also interesting.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael A. Winslow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1204 Cleveland Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mount Vernon, WA 98273<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ph. 360-336-3321<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Em. <a href="mailto:Mike@winslegal.com">
Mike@winslegal.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Karl Flaccus<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 11:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Intestate Inheritance with "kindred of the half blood"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">If a person dies intestate without children or spouse, and the intestate’s parents are deceased, the heirs are the deceased’s siblings, whether those siblings
are full siblings or half siblings. RCW 11.04.035. So a person might die with a twin who survives, for example, and that surviving twin has to share her brother’s inheritance with 9 step siblings a thousand miles away who she’s never met. This seems odd,
but that’s the law. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">There is an exception to this if the property is traceable to the twins’ parent (ancestor) who is not the parent of the step-children, in which case those
traceable funds go only to the twin and not to the step-sibs. RCW 11.04.035. Ok, that makes sense.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Going back to the first paragraph above: I know this is not the law, but it seems to me it would make more sense if an intestate’s estate (that is not traceable
to one parent or another) would go 50% to mom’s children and 50% to dad’s children. In the case of a twin with 9 step-siblings, under this proposal the twin would get 55% and each step-child would get 5%. If the twin had 3 step siblings instead of 9, the
twin would receive 62.5%, and 12.5% would go to each step sibling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Wouldn’t that make more sense? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Karl
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">F</span></i><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">LACCUS</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">
L</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">A</span></i><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">W</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">7010 35th Ave. N.E.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">Seattle, Washington 98115<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F243E">206 523-0297</span></i><span style="color:#0F243E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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