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<p class="MsoNormal">Client marries man. It’s both their second marriages and man has 4 kids from his previous marriage. Client and man purchase a house around 2013 and take title “as husband and wife.” Man passes away a few years ago. No probate is ever opened
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wife is planning on selling the house her and man bought together. She’ll need to clear his name off of title. There is no community property agreement and wife finds a copy of man’s old Will from 1990s. She says she is unaware of any subsequent
Will (they never had estate planning done together). The old Will is from man’s first marriage and gives everything to his 1<sup>st</sup> wife. The contingent beneficiaries after 1<sup>st</sup> wife are his kids. 1<sup>st</sup> wife passed away in 2003.
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<p class="MsoNormal">My question – is wife entitled to the house they purchased together or does the old 1990 Will, giving man’s residuary to his kids, add a wrinkle under RCW 26.16.030? Seems like the fact he never updated his Will might result in kids having
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