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Having hired a few Oregon lawyers at this point to administer Oregon real property interests not well planned for, I will relate that I “believe” you will need a full-blown Oregon intestacy proceeding in which Oregon law applies for the property located in
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That is the significance of owning real property in any jurisdiction with or without (but especially without) a will. (Consider that it is still Idaho law that applies that permits their marvelous $27 filing to establish authority for a non-Idaho PR to transfer
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Similarly, if your intestate decedent had also owned Washington real property, you’d have two full-blown intestacy proceedings, one subject to Washington law and the other to Oregon law — and a very unfortunate “missed planning opportunity.”</div>
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Find one of the excellent Oregon lawyers on this list to assist, and pray the heirs continue getting along; or else the finer points of intestacy law will be the least of your concerns! ;)</div>
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Good luck!</div>
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Best, Josh </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">I am about to display my ignorance. Would like advice on best way to handle this situation:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Mom dies in Washington. Only significant asset a half interest in a house in Portland as tenant in common with one of her six children. No will. Each of the 6 children
will therefore inherit 1/6 of her ˝ interest in the house. <i>But,</i> at the moment no conflict. Kids might decide to sell the house, or one kid might buy others out, or whatever.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">The question is: what is the most streamlined way to deal with the house? Do a probate in Oregon, with Washington intestacy law as the governing law? Probate in
Washington (which would be most convenient) and some truncated procedure to dispose of Oregon house? (I’ve found this process to be really easy in Colorado and Idaho.) Is there a way to do this without probate?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Thanks in advance for your thoughts,</span></p>
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