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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Dalynne:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Others may have weighed in on this sooner and better, but a few points to consider.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Be aware of the Deadman’s statute and your client’s efforts to prove a CIR. There are ways, but he is really unable to assert matters to which the decedent could deny.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Making mortgage payments does not alter the character of the asset. It is more akin to rent being paid. In addition, if one were to consider the community making these payments, the lien developed would
be for the amount of the principal retired over time and would exclude interest on the loan.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Yours truly,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Kerry A. Richards, Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></b></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""> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dalynne Singleton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 01, 2020 10:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Committed Intimate Relationship without registering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I have a new client who has been in a committed intimate relationship for more than 9 years without registering. His partner died and she has a mother/sister in another
state. They shared a home and bank accounts. He was not on the deed but has paid the last 6 years of mortgage payments – partner had cancer and died. No children, no Will. He knows there are some large hospital bills coming. Ironically, his partner worked
for DSHS until her cancer took over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">If anyone has briefing on this issue, I would love to see it. I will be opening the estate, asking he be appointed Administrator and providing notice to sister/mother of
hearing. I want to do research before filing so I know what to expect as well as arguments to be made for him to be in home and access bank accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold";color:#1F497D">Dalynne Singleton<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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