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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Buyers could contact DSHS Office of Financial Recovery 360-664-5700 to see if the lien can be lifted based on the fact that the surviving spouse is the person who sold the property. Ordinarily the lien
itself has the contact information for the OFR worker who has filed the lien.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The State cannot recover a lien against a surviving spouse:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">182-527-2738. Estate recovery--General right to recover.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(1) When the agency may file. After a Washington apple health client has died, the Medicaid agency may file liens to recover<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">the cost of services subject to recovery that were correctly paid on the client's behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(3) The agency may not recover from the client's estate so long as there remains:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(ii) Is blind or disabled as defined in WAC 182-512-0050.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As a practical matter, if one spouse is receiving Medicaid assistance, we have them Quit Claim their interest in the property to their spouse (often using Durable Power of Attorney). If I meet with a surviving
spouse where the state has asserted a lien for the care of their spouse whose name is still on title, we can either file a probate and distribute to the surviving spouse from probate or a LOPA recording the LOPA and the deceased spouse’s death certificate.
The Agency will probably record a lien anyway, but if the surviving spouse wants to sell the property we contact the Office of Financial Recovery and ask them to remove the lien. Sometimes they will remove it immediately, other times they ask to see a signed
Purchase & Sale Agreement and will remove the lien just prior to closing of the sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Diane J. Kiepe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 19, 2022 3:29 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] DSHS Lien on Real Property Recorded After the Property's Sale<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">I can’t think of more than a time or two that I have used a LOPA in my practice. I tell people (especially if 2 years have not gone by) it’s best to probate when real estate
is involved. Someone once told me that very early in my career and it stuck. <o: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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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 19, 2022 2:02 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] DSHS Lien on Real Property Recorded After the Property's Sale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wow. This is pretty terrifying. It makes me wonder if doing a Lack of Probate Affidavit is a bad idea if there is real property involved? I assist clients with doing them all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What about the attorney who drafted the Lack of Probate Affidavit for the seller—would that attorney be sued for malpractice if the seller gets sued? And how to avoid a problem like this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Diane J. Kiepe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 19, 2022 2:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] DSHS Lien on Real Property Recorded After the Property's Sale<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">So the insurance company was wise to protect their interest by excluding wife’s creditor’s of her estate for claims that would have been disclosed. This likely takes them
off the hook. Because no notice to creditor’s was given, I read the rights of DSHS running 2 years. In essence, and off the cuff without more research, I would think your client’s have a cloud on title and that they may have a claim against seller if the
property passed by warranty deed. As between DSHS and buyers, I am not sure if there is a bona fide purchaser defense, particularly since no probate took place.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From a practice standpoint, I would call DSHS and try to get the amount they are claiming as their lien. Then, depending on the amount, you can make a plan moving forward.<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">I am so interested in knowing how this turns out. If you can share with us the end result down the road, I sure would appreciate it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Natalie Kuehler<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Thank you both! The title insurance policy has an exclusion for creditors of the predeceased wife’s estate that would have been disclosed if a probate action had been filed, so
getting coverage for this might prove difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:48 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Natalie:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Contact the title insurer because this should have been insured against fbo your clients.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RCW 41.05A.090 (6) A lien authorized under this section relates back to attach to any real property that the decedent had an ownership interest in immediately before death and is effective as of that date
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Hello all,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">I have clients who purchased real property from a widower, with title insurance that was secured by the widower’s completion and filing of a lack of probate affidavit. No probate
for the wife’s estate was ever opened, and the lack of probate affidavit confirmed that there were no outstanding debts or expenses arising from his wife’s last illness. After the sale closed, but within two years of the wife’s death, DSHS filed a Notice and
Statement of Lien (Estate Recovery) for an undisclosed amount. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Can DSHS enforce the Lien against the real property even though the property was sold to my clients at market rate? Are there any deadlines for enforcement of a DSHS lien that is
placed on property after the surviving spouse of the deceased debtor has sold it? The lien at this point is already over two years old, and the real property was transferred to my clients over three years ago.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Chaparral Pro"">Thank you!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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