[WSBARP] How to Request Information from Title Company?
Ms. Roberta Armstrong
robertaa at uw.edu
Fri Nov 3 11:28:16 PDT 2017
Thank you for the replies...
Seems to me that C2 is a party, since C2 is an heir of H and of W. There's
no recorded transfer from H's interest in the home to W. Thus C2 has
interest in H's portion...?
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:06 AM, John McCrady <j.mccrady at pstitle.com> wrote:
> And, as I understand the facts, C2 was not a party to the current
> transaction. As such, I don’t believe the title company was authorized to
> give C2 any information about the sale.
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> John McCrady
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> Counsel
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> 5350 Orchard Street West
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> *Sent:* Thursday, November 02, 2017 6:34 PM
> *To:* WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] How to Request Information from Title Company?
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> The title company is probably worried about a claim.
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> If the property was sold for fair market value, and the net sale proceeds
> split 4 ways among the three surviving children and the estate of the
> deceased child, I don’t see why anyone should care about the details of the
> sale.
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> *From:* wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.
> wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>] *On Behalf Of *Ms.
> Roberta Armstrong
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 2, 2017 9:35 AM
> *To:* WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>; WSBA
> Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* [WSBARP] How to Request Information from Title Company?
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> Hello Listserve, your guidance is much appreciated... Here's what I know:
>
> · H and W names on deed for their home
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> · H dies first, his will gives everything to W, no probate
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> · 1996 W dies, her will is filed in court, $20 fee paid, case
> number assigned
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> · W's will gives home to their 4 children equally (C1, C2, C3 and
> C4)
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> · 1997 Two of the children (C2 and C3) attempt to quit claim home
> to themselves. An excise tax affidavit was completed with W as Grantor and
> C2 and C3 as Grantee.
>
> · 2005 C2 dies
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> · 2006 C1 coverts will only case to estate, gets letters of
> testamentary (assuming with non-intervention powers)
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> · January 2017, C1 completes a lack of probate for C2 indicating
> his heirs are his surviving wife and two children (one child is a minor)
>
> · February 2017, C1 as personal representative of W’s estate
> sells home
>
> · May 2017, C2 surviving wife opens his probate and of course C1
> is filing claims in C2’s probate for C2 living at W’s home while he worked
> on getting it ready for sell.
>
> · C3 and C4 are estranged from C1.
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> It seems to me, C1 as personal representative of W’s estate has the
> authority to properly sell the home as an asset of the estate *(even
> though the quit claim deed and lack of probate for C2 were unnecessary).*
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> However, something just isn’t sitting well with C2’s surviving wife,
> primarily because the title company’s manager was not willing to provide
> her any information even though she identified herself as PR for C2’s
> estate. Further, she would like to have all the information provided to the
> title company by C1, like the Statement of Identity for C2, herself, and
> their children that was completed by C1. But she was told by the manager
> that she needs to get an attorney to request information from the title
> company…?
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> Is there something here that I am missing? Why would the title company
> require her to have an attorney to request such information, specifically
> when the information is about her, her deceased husband and their two
> children?
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