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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Absent a legal adoption no child status can exist no matter how close a non-biological parent is to the child. I have seen this play out in favorable ways and in very unfortunate ways. In one case I also
have the family, by TEDRA, agree to treat the non-biological grandchild as a grandchild for purposes of specific bequest to “grandchildren”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Douglas Eden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">717 W. Sprague Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Suite 1500<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Spokane, WA 99201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">509-455-5300<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Natalie Kuehler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 12, 2021 1:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Can Quasi-Child (Non-Biological) be Heir under Intestacy Law?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Since I got such great advise from this listserve on my last question (thank you all!), here is another one:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">D is in a relationship with M, who gets pregnant. M gives birth, and D is listed as the father on the child’s birth certificate. D and M break up, but D maintains a relationship with the child.
Later, a paternity test done by D and M reveals that D is not the child’s father after all. D nonetheless continues, every now and then, to provide financial support to the child and also generally stays involved in the child’s life. D has a new relationship,
with resulting biological children. Then D dies intestate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Is the non-biological child an heir under Washington’s intestacy laws?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Chaparral Pro""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Natalie <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Chaparral Pro";color:#060A2E">Natalie N. Kuehler</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#060A2E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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