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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff Helsdon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Partition action with Joint Tenants<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy">See: RCW 64.28.010 (“</span>A
<span class="cosearchterm">joint</span> <span class="cosearchterm">tenancy</span> shall have the incidents of survivorship and severability as at common law, including the unilateral right of each tenant to sever the
<span class="cosearchterm">joint</span> <span class="cosearchterm">tenancy</span>”)<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy"> and
</span><a href="https://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=1994126156&pubNum=0000661&originatingDoc=N9510BE9030FB11DDB28FD93592FAA7A7&refType=RP&originationContext=notesOfDecisions&contextData=%28sc.Search%29&transitionType=NotesOfDecisionItem" title="Estate of Phillips v. Nyhus (1994) 124 Wash.2d 80, 874 P.2d 154">Estate
of Phillips v. Nyhus (1994) 124 Wash.2d 80, 874 P.2d 154</a> (Contract or agreement by only one joint tenant to convey property held in joint tenancy destroys right of survivorship, terminates joint tenancy and converts it into tenancy in common). <o:p></o:p></p>
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Jeffrey Paul Helsdon <br>
Oldfield & Helsdon, PLLC<br>
(253) 564-9500 (Main) <br>
(253) 414-3525 (Direct) <br>
(253) 677-1031 (Cell) <br>
(253) 414-3500 (Facsimile) <br>
<a href="blocked::http://www.tacomalawfirm.com/"><span style="color:blue">www.tacomalawfirm.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Craig Gourley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 20, 2016 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tom Hause<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Partition action with Joint Tenants</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listmates. We have a client that wants to partition property. The statute ( 7.52.10) says that persons entitled to bring an action are persons in possession “… of real property as tenants in common…” Black’s dictionary defines
partition to include joint tenants. In our case the deed is to A and B as Joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common. Are we excluded from partition? Does not seem like a JT should be prevented for partitioning but it does not
match the statutory language. No case law on point that we have found. Anybody have to deal with this before?? Thanks, Craig
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Snohomish Escrow</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Exchange Connection</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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