[WSBARP] Marriage application filed, but no certificate

Thu Sep 1 10:30:08 PDT 2016

Dear Anthony:
I do not see the survivor in a CIR as a creditor, but really as a surviving spouse. The idea is characterization as the community property presumption would apply to this couple. In other words, all earnings and acquisitions acquired during their time of cohabitation would be considered owned by the two of them as quasi community property. The decedent’s earnings, and the property purchased with those earnings would be community. Wrongful death actions are somewhat more complex, and the surviving spouse may or may not have any rights to the wrongful death litigation. The statute may be more strictly construed and require a more formalized (marriage) relationship.

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Kerry A. Richards
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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of AF Gibbs
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Thank you, Kerry. I appreciate the response very much and will read those cases.
I was thinking along those lines. Wouldn't the CIR yield the "surviving spouse" as being a creditor of the estate? The deceased does have a pending PI claim (asbestos exposure) consisting of wrongful death claim (subject to court division, as I understand it) while the survival action is decedent's separate property.
Thanks again!

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On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Kerry Richards <krichards at brad-rich-law.com<mailto:krichards at brad-rich-law.com>> wrote:
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.

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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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