<div dir="ltr"><div>How would that work on a practical level if there is unequal ownership with regards to selling or managing the property? Sounds like a huge headache.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Ann Manley, Esq.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">The Manley Law Firm, P.S., Inc.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">PO Box 16324</span><br><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Seattle, WA 98116</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><a value="+12062923064">(206)292-3064</a> / <a value="+12062923914">(206)292-3914</a> fax</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><a href="http://www.manleyfirm.com" target="_blank">www.manleyfirm.com</a></span></div><p><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Manley Law Firm practice areas include Bankruptcy*, Estate Planning, Auto Accidents, Civil Litigation, Construction, Commercial and Contract Law, Personal injury, Small Business, Unemployment Claims, Wage Loss and Compensation claims</span></i></b><br></p><p><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt">* The Manley Law Firm is a Debt Relief Agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span></i></p><p><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">This email and any files transmitted with it are privileged, confidential, and intended solely to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorized use, copying, review or disclosure is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span></p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM Nichol Fletcher <<a href="mailto:nfletcher@crandall-law.com">nfletcher@crandall-law.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-7622849718209827393">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a client who wants to leave unequal interests in real estate to two beneficiaries (70% and 30%, respectively) via a transfer on death deed. I am trying to figure out whether this is allowed under the Washington Uniform Real Property
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<p class="MsoNormal">RCW 64.80.100(1)(c) provides that where a TODD makes a bequest of concurrent interests, those interests are “transferred to the beneficiaries in equal and undivided shares with no right of survivorship”. However, the structure of 64.80.100,
along with the comments to the model Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act (published 2009 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), give me the impression that this is a default rule that can be overridden by express language
in the deed to the contrary. Specifically, the model act refers to this section as a “default” rule, and states generally that the transferor of a transfer on death deed “may select any form of ownership, concurrent or successive, absolute or conditional,
contingent or vested, valid under state law…”, citing the general restatement rule of giving the “maximum effect allowed by law” to the grantor’s intent.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have not found any caselaw on the issue, and the question does not appear to be addressed in the legislative history or the secondary sources I have access to. Beyond the model act commentary and other (generally cursory and informal)
impressions published online, which have conflicting interpretations, I haven’t been able to find much guidance. Has anyone dealt with this before? Any input is appreciated!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p>
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