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Potentially the parents could claim under RCW 4.20.020 if the spouse is disallowed and there are no children. However, I tend to believe that the spouse maintains the right if the divorce is not finalized.</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">My recollection is that when a couple has filed for divorce, but that divorce is not final, they are still married for the purposes of RCW 11.04.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The assets of the decedent would still be community property.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Question: Would the beneficiaries of a wrongful death action be the not yet ex-spouse, or is it possible to argue that such an action may recover for the parents of the deceased, if there were no children?</span></p>
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