<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">How interesting. Please reply to the list!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sarah O’Farrell McCarthy</font></span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>(Pronouns: she / her)<br></b></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Attorney | <font color="#000000">Kelly, Arndt & Walker, <font color="#000000">Attorneys at Law, PLLP</font></font><font color="#000000"></font></font><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span><span style="color:black"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><font color="#000000">P.O. Box 290 | </font></span></font></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">6443 Harding Avenue |</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Clinton, WA 98236</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><font color="#000000"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></font></span></font></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(Located on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington)<br></font><span style="color:black"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Phone: (360) 341-1515 | Fax: (360) 341-3272</font><br><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a><font color="#222222" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">sarah@kawlawyers.com</font></a> <font color="#000000">| <span style="color:black"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.kawlawyers.com" target="_blank">www.kawlawyers.com</a></font></span></span></font></span></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:7.5pt"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:7.5pt">This electronic message transmission contains information from the law firm of Kelly, Arndt & Walker, PLLP which may be confidential or privileged. This information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above, If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any further review, disclosure, printing, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message transmission in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Thank you</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:8pt">. </span></font></p><font color="#000000" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-size:8pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:rgb(68,84,106);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We do not accept service of any kind by e-mail unless expressly authorized in writing by the attorney of record. This e-mail is NOT a contract and is not binding upon the author pursuant to CR 2A. This e-mail is, at most, a negotiation under ER 408.<br></font></span></p></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 1:09 PM Jake Seegmuller <<a href="mailto:jake@nwlegacylaw.com">jake@nwlegacylaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hello learned colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are assisting the surviving spouse (husband) administer the estate of their deceased spouse (wife). The primary asset of the deceased spouse’s estate is her community property interest in a home owned with the
husband – both names on title. DSHS filed a Notice and Statement of Lien in October of 2020 for about $50k. Husband initiated probate proceedings and timely filed a Family Support Award to defeat some (or all) of the lien. A hearing was set and DSHS properly
noticed. Later, DSHS circulated correspondence indicating that stated that they will release their lien without issue if the husband removes the wife’s name from the property through a deed transfer. The department specifically cited a “Lack of Probate Affidavit”
as a mechanism by which to circumvent their lien and the would release it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I was not aware that DSHS would release the lien this easily. Have others had experience with this?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This raises some interesting questions: If husband removes wife from title and the department releases the lien upon recording and delivery of a copy of the recorded deed to the department (as indicated in the
letter), is the lien avoided? And can this claim follow husband or reappear at his death? Is there a potential the DSHS representative is misstating DSHS’s position on this?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks in advance for your insights on this.
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