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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kendel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You cannot get to your end result by disclaimer. Disclaimer is a technical legal term – once someone disclaims, that property goes in a very specific direction as provided
by for in law (not as one just directs). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Your primary issue here is the fact that wife’s home is likely going to be viewed as her separate property that transfers to her adult children and husband under the laws
of intestacy (subject to any possible martial claim that can be supported). I am involved in something similar now. The bank account is probably more easily classified as community if both persons used the account.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If all the parties are on board, you could get everything passed to the husband via TEDRA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Feel free to ring me if you have any follow up questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></p>
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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>Kendel Froese<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 7, 2022 2:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] LOPA with disclaimer of interest?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am hoping for some insight before everyone heads out for the weekend...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My client's wife had adult children from a prior relationship and died intestate. She purchased a house before marrying my client, which is where she and my client lived during the
marriage. The wife also had a bank account that only had her name on it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I had been planning on using a Lack of Probate Affidavit to deal with the house, and a Small Estate Affidavit for the bank account - but this was before I knew my client's wife
had kids that were not also my client's kids. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I'm wondering if I can use the same plan (LOPA for house and Small Estate Affidavit for bank account) and have the wife's children sign a disclaimer of their interest in 1/2
of their mom's separate property? Has anyone ever attached a disclaimer to a LOPA? I'm also not clear on how to determine whether the house is still the wife's separate property by virtue of her buying it before marrying my client? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you in advance for your thoughts!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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