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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks for the supplement, Eric.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Nice summary Dalynne!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">I would just add—if the CIR is established, note that the partner’s claim still is not an inheritance, but is a direct property right to co-ownership of “community-like”
property. In short, the existence of a CIR creates an <b><i>inventory</i></b> question for the estate, not an inheritance issue. “Community-like” property is property that, had the decedent and partner been married, would have been considered community property.
So you basically apply the community property rules to determine what might or might not be community-like. The decedent’s separate property is still theirs and belongs to their Estate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Once you have the list of potentially community-like assets, then the Court is required to make an
<b><i>equitable division</i></b> of that property between the partner and the decedent’s estate.
<i>In re Estate of Langeland</i>, 177 Wn. App. 315, 312 P.3d 657 (2013). Supposedly the court is supposed to apply the equitable factors used in a divorce—but the problem is, those equitable factors rest heavily on the assumption of two people having future
needs, and they don’t match well to a division between an estate and a surviving partner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Because it’s an equitable decision by the court, it’s basically a free-for-all to divide the community-like property. Whatever reasons you can come up with for
an equal or unequal division is up for grabs. I can imagine scenarios where there has been a long-time CIR, total commingling of resources and assets, purchase of property during the relationship, and arguing on that basis that the “equitable” division is
100% to the survivor and 0% to the Estate. On the other hand, I can imagine scenarios where the survivor has significant separate property of their own and the decedent had kids from a prior relationship, where the survivor should get much less than 50% of
the community-like property and the rest should go to the kids.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:red">Simple answer is yes and depends.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The CIR rules do not require to be registered to have valid claims, and there are succinct guidelines on who is a CIR. According to Washington caselaw, a CIR
is defined as a stable, marital-like relationship in which both parties live together with knowledge that a lawful marriage doesn’t exist.
<i>Marriage of Pennington</i>. Someone trying to prove a CIR existed must provide evidence regarding the following five factors. The courts require consideration of each factor, with no one factor being conclusive. Cohabitation (usually 7 years or more)
is important and to be considered with your facts:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">1. Continuous cohabitation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o Sporadic cohabitation – instances where parties did not live together continuously will count against this. Pennington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o Periods of separation –the court will look at the ratio of months apart / months together. In re Long and Fregeau.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o The court will also consider disputes and inconsistencies in the dates of cohabitation to make a CIR less likely. Byerley
v. Cail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">2. Duration of relationship – relationship not of sufficient duration to be considered stable and marital-like.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">3. Purpose of relationship – parties did not intend to “build a life together” in the marital sense.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">4. Pooling of resources and services for joint projects (continuous pooling is necessary – Pennington at 604-5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o An oral agreement to keep incomes and property separate, if performed, can rebut the presumption that property acquired
during the relationship is community-like. In re G.W.-F., 170 Wash.App. 631, 638-39 (2012).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o Must establish with clear and convincing evidence the existence of the agreement, and that the parties mutually observed
the terms of the agreement throughout the relationship. In re G.W.-F. at 638. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o If parties only commingled resources for living expenses, that can be used to undermine CIR claim as it is not pooling
resources like a married couple. Chesterfield v. Nash, 96 Wash.App. 103 (1999)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">5. Intent of the parties (one party’s refusal to marry, coupled with another party’s intent on marriage, does not support
the existence of a mutual intent to live in a committed intimate relationship – Pennington at 604).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o Wish to treat the other for all purposes as if they are spouses – Rinaldi at *7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">o Mutual intent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">A TEDRA can be filed by the CIR and the court will examine all of the facts (through testimony and documents, etc.) in each case. The girlfriend had the burden
of proving a CIR. However, once she provides clear and convincing evidence of the existence of a CIR, the PR would have the burden of proving the CIR didn’t exist. The clear and convincing standard is a very high burden of proof.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Dear All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Intestate Decedent was not survived by a spouse, children, parents, or siblings. I understand that, under RCW 11.04, the next heirs in line are the Decedent's aunt(s) and uncle(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Prior to his death, Decedent resided with and was closely involved with a woman to whom he was not married. I am uncertain whether the woman was registered as the Decedent’s domestic partner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">If the woman was <u>not</u> registered as the</span>
<span style="color:#002060">Decedent’s domestic partner, does the woman have any rights with respect to the Decedent’s Estate?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks in advance for your input here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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