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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is there authority to support the validity of a contractual transfer on death provision (RCW 11.02.091) in a PLLC operating agreement as a means to avoid probate as a transfer by operation of law so that the
trustee/transferee can qualify as a temporary member without having the otherwise required professional license (RCW 18.100.118)?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is there a different way planners are efficiently dealing with succession for PLLCs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In this situation, spouses are creating a trust to hold most of their joint assets. One spouse is a medical provider who owns and manages a PLLC individually. The other spouse does not hold a license required
to manage that LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks in advance for any experience or insight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Katie Patel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Paraclete Estate Planning, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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