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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com
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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">Husband and Wife had a Community Property Agreement that was never recorded. Wife died.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Can the CPA and the Death Certificate be recorded together? If so, who should be listed as Grantee on the cover page – just the Husband or both Husband and Wife?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks in advance for offering me some common sense here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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