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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The decedent received the house as a gift
<b><i>jointly</i></b> from his mom and dad? If the house was the community property of mom and dad I honestly have no idea how to handle that under the half-sibling rule. My first thought is that it would prevent the half-sibling rule from applying—the house
is not "ancestral property" because it didn't come exclusively from dad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Community property is generally considered "indivisible" during the marriage—each spouse owns an undivided interest in the whole, similar to (but not the same as) tenancy in
common. The community interest is severed only by divorce or death. So if it was community property with mom, then decedent probably received it as an "indivisible" gift from both dad and mom, that wouldn't be separated into 1/2 from dad and 1/2 from mom.<o:p></o:p></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"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Josh Grant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 9, 2020 4:11 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] half sister an heir by descent?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thank You Both.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Very helpful.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In this case the bachelor decedent didn’t “inherit” from his mom and dad, but instead the $90,000 house was gifted to him by his mom and dad while both were living.
And I see Sara advised that the house, if <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">given</span></em> or inherited, is traced and because the bachelor received the residence from both the mother of the half sister and from the dad of the full brother,
then the both the half sister and the brother gets 1/2 of the proceeds of the house. There is about $300,000 to $500,000 of classic restored cars, which we won’t be able to trace, but I assume the decedent acquired those while living. Having not received
any of the cars by gift or inheritance, then I take it the brother and the half sister would inherit those funds equally?</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Josh</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#004080">Joshua F. Grant</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#004080"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#004080">P. O. Box 619<br>
Wilbur, WA 99185<br>
509 647 5578</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Sara D. Longley
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Friday, February 28, 2020 11:04 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv'
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Re: [WSBAPT] half sister an heir
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Josh,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have had some fun with this statute lately. What it means is, if any of the decedent’s estate assets were inherited or received by gift from the parent who
is not also a parent of the person who is “kindred of the half blood” then that person does not inherit those assets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For example, if a person inherits a house from one parent and then dies without a will, only the decedent’s kin who are also descended from that parent will be
heirs to that house. Kin descended from the decedent’s other parent would inherit equally other portions of decedent’s estate, so it is important to trace assets and see if any are inherited or gifted from just one parent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’d be happy to chat offline if you like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sara Longley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#1F497D">Sara D. Longley, J.D., LL.M.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#1F497D">1734 NW Market Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#1F497D">Seattle, WA 98107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="tel:%28206%29%20434-5644" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">(206) 434-5644</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:Sara@Longley-law.pro">Sara@Longley-law.pro</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Josh Grant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 28, 2020 10:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbar trust <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] half sister an heir by descent?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I have an estate where decedent did not have a will.; no wife and no kids and no parents surviving.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">He has one full brother and a half sister. The half sister is a daughter of his mom but not his dad.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I assume both the full and half sibling inherit equally. This is because under 11.04.015(2)(c) “if the intestate not be survived by issue or by either parent,
then those issue of the parent or parents who survive the intestate” and both half and full sibblings are issue of the parent.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">But I pause after I read 11.04.035, and it isn’t something I have had experience with.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Is she as surviving half sister “kindred of the half blood” who inherits; or is she excluded because the decedent brother is not “her ancestor or kindred of her
ancestor”? I would guess that a half sister is “kindred” of both her parents and therefore is a “kindred of such ancestor’s blood”? But it doesn’t really work between siblings like it would if the inheritance came from a parent ancestor. ??</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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