[WSBARP] Marriage application filed, but no certificate

[Kerry Richards]

Dear Anthony:
I urge that you review the case law establishing Committed Intimate Relationships. (CIR). The lead case is Nash and Pennington. There the court listed multiple nonexclusive factors in establishing the CIR. The facts of your situation may find that much of what was accumulated by this couple over their 20 year life together as quasi community in character and therefore owned by the surviving spouse and not his biological children. Again, there are issues of tracing and characterization which must be accomplished before any such conclusions are appropriate, however.

Yours truly,

Kerry A. Richards
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Subject: [WSBARP] Marriage application filed, but no certificate


As relates to intestacy, if a man and a woman who have lived together for 10 years file an application for a marriage license in King County, but never file the certificate of marriage, would the woman be entitled to treatment as a surviving spouse?

The man and woman did ultimately live together for approximately 20 years before he died although they signed documents as single or married as was convenient under the circumstances (i.e., sometimes they filled out documents saying they were single, other times, they represented they were married). She's now trying to prevent the man's biological children from getting anything from his estate.
Thanks,
Anthony


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