<div dir="auto"><div>11.02.005</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"open sans",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-indent:48px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(11) "Issue" means all the lineal descendants of an individual. An adopted individual is a lineal descendant of each of his or her adoptive parents and of all individuals with regard to which each adoptive parent is a lineal descendant. A child conceived prior to the death of a parent but born after the death of the deceased parent is considered to be the surviving issue of the deceased parent for purposes of this title.</span></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(76,118,162);font-size:x-large;font-weight:bold">Mark C. McClure<br clear="none"></span><font color="#4c76a2" size="3"><i>Managing Attorney <br clear="none"></i></font><span style="color:navy;font-size:13.5pt">Law Office of Mark McClure, PS</span><span style="color:navy"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size:18px"><b><br clear="none"></b></span></span><i><span style="color:navy"><font size="2" style="background-color:inherit">"Why Retire With Debt?"<br clear="none"></font></span></i><span style="color:navy;font-size:13.5pt">1103 West Meeker Street, #101<br clear="none"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">Kent</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">, WA 98032</span></p><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:navy">Office:  253.631.6484 <br clear="none"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Email: <a href="mailto:Mark@McClureLawGroup.com" target="_blank">Mark@McClureLawGroup.com</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style="font-size:13px">Notice of Unavailability:</b><span style="font-size:13px"> </span><b style="font-size:13px"><font color="#ff0000">     </font></b></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red">TBD</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red"><br></span></b></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="color:navy">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</span></b><span style="color:navy"> <span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:rgb(242,243,245)">This email contains legal stuff. If you are not the intended recipient you could get into a lot of trouble if you read it, and even more trouble if you tell someone else about it. So, the best thing to do is ignore it and forget you ever saw it. Thank you.</span> <br><br clear="none"></span></div></div></div><div><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 9:53 PM Laura Latta <<a href="mailto:laura@lauralatta.com">laura@lauralatta.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">RCW 11.04.015(1)(d) says the spouse gets the whole separate estate if there is no issue, no parent, nor issue of parent. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So, I don’t think you get to the level of cousins (which would be the issue of the grandparent) when there is a spouse. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But yes, if Bob had siblings or nieces and nephews, then the community property argument is (as Heather pointed) out most protective of Jane’s interest.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The facts stated said he is survived only by Jane so possibly 11.04.015(1)(d) applies. </div><div dir="auto"> <br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM Mark McClure, J.D. - McClure Law Group <<a href="mailto:mark@mcclurelawgroup.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mark@mcclurelawgroup.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto"><div>"<span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">Jane likely attains Bob's interest through probate even if the assets are not sufficiently comingled to render them comunity property. "</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(250,248,255)">Why would this be the case rather than next of kin via intestacy la  There is always a third cousin....</span></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-large;font-weight:bold;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,118,162)">Mark C. McClure<br clear="none"></span><font size="3" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,118,162)"><i style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Managing Attorney <br clear="none"></i></font><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy">Law Office of Mark McClure, PS</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </b></span><span style="font-size:18px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></b></span></span><i style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy"><font size="2" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,128)">"Why Retire With Debt?"<br clear="none"></font></span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1103+West+Meeker+Street,+%23101?entry=gmail&source=g" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">1103 West Meeker Street, #101</a><br clear="none"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy">Kent</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy">, WA 98032</span></p><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy">Office:  253.631.6484 <br clear="none"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Email: <a href="mailto:Mark@McClureLawGroup.com" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Mark@McClureLawGroup.com</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Notice of Unavailability:</b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </span><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0)">     </font></b></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:red">TBD</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:red"><br></span></b></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:navy"> <span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(242,243,245);color:rgb(28,30,33)">This email contains legal stuff. If you are not the intended recipient you could get into a lot of trouble if you read it, and even more trouble if you tell someone else about it. So, the best thing to do is ignore it and forget you ever saw it. Thank you.</span> <br><br clear="none"></span></div></div></div><div><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 5:04 PM Laura Latta <<a href="mailto:laura@lauralatta.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">laura@lauralatta.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">I agree with Heather and Amy, but wanted to add that even if Bob's interest is separate property, Jane receives 100% of Bob's separate property if he is not survived by issue or parents. So based on the facts provided, Jane likely attains Bob's interest through probate even if the assets are not sufficiently comingled to render them comunity property. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM Lewis, Amy C. <<a href="mailto:ALewis@eisenhowerlaw.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ALewis@eisenhowerlaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:windowtext">I agree with Heather.  It is often tempting to look for a way to avoid probate, but going through probate will give the wife (plus her heirs and/or a future
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 <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Behalf Of </b>Heather de Vrieze<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 17, 2026 4:39 PM<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
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 this is community property based on the likelihood that it has been comingled with community property, and if anyone objects, seek a family support award (analysis of eligibility based on other assets and values).<u style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Then Jane can deed Bob’s interest in the property to herself and close the probate.
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<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Behalf Of </b>Mark Anderson<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 17, 2026 4:18 PM<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Disposition of Real Property at Death<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">This may be basic to some of you, but not to me, at least this late in the day.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Bob, an unmarried individual, and Jane, an unmarried individual, purchased a home (i.e., real property) as tenants-in-common.  Bob and Jane are both obligors on the home loan.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Years go by. Bob and Jane marry each other.  They never have any children.  They never execute a community property agreement.  They never change the title to the home.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Even more years go by.  Bob dies without a will.  Bob is survived only by Jane.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Jane wants to remove Bob from title to the home.  What is Jane's best course of action?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Thanks.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Mark B. Anderson<br>
</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/821+Dock+Street,+Suite+209?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">821 Dock Street, Suite 209</a>, PMB 4-12<br>
Tacoma, Washington 98402<br>
+1 253-327-1750<br>
+1 253-327-1751 (fax)<br>
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