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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 31, 2022 10:17 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Creditor's Options<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Isn’t the SOL for a decedent only two years and it has expired? Are you saying the six year SOL extends the two year SOL?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrekita Silva<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 30, 2022 7:37 PM<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">F.ANDREKITA SILVA</span></strong><br>
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It sounds like you are saying the home was purchased during the marriage and so, it is community property.<br>
Driving a car as you go about your life would 99.999 % be found to have a community purpose, so the community would be liable for husband’s tort.<br>
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The creditor may go after community real property (RCW 26.16.040) to satisfy the community obligation/ debt. As H died 2 years ago, it sounds like surviving spouse might have small separate property interest- presumably she has been making payments on the
property (even though it is 100% hers now, the court would look to see what portion was community at the time of husband's death. If this car accident were found to be a separate tort (which is unlikely under the family car doctrine), then the creditor could
only go after the tortfeasor husband's 1/2 interest in community property. <br>
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If the insurer never reduced the agreement for payments to a judgment, then the insurer can do that. The statute of limitations on a contract for money is 6 years, so the insurer has 6 years from the date of the last payment to seek a judgment.<br>
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If there is already a judgment, then insurer can seek to collect by any lawful means, i.e., writ of garnishment on wages, writ of garnishment on bank accounts. Insurer could seek a writ of execution against the house and sell it to get their money, too. However,
to do that, they would have to first establish that there is no personal property available to satisfy the judgment. They would do that through a supplemental proceeding.<br>
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Quoting <a href="mailto:samuel@meylerlegal.com">samuel@meylerlegal.com</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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