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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">I agree with Joshua that it should be a two-step process. If the single step relies on WAC 458-61A-211, a two-step process would overcome
any complications that could arise from 1) how the daughter's name was added to title (as a JTROS or as a tenant in common), 2) who is designated under the RLT as the Trustor, and 3) whether there truly is no change in beneficial ownership.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">I suppose that the single step could be done as a gift deed</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">with the REETA gift supplement from both client and daughter into the RLT. Although that might save you a little over $300, it would not appear to be as "clean" a conveyance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I would do two, but I’m that way. The first would be a gift deed with the REETA gift supplement. The second would be from Client only with the ordinary REETA exemption for transfers into RLT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Number of deeds required to transfer property to client's trust where child's name is on the deed</span>
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to the trust. Can this be done with one deed from client and daughter to the trust or should daughter first transfer her interest back to client via a quit claim deed before the property is transferred to the trust?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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