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</head><body><p>I have had planners tell a client to get a judicial order in the context of a testamentary division, but not in the circumstances you describe. And that occurred in the early 90's.<br></p><blockquote type="cite"><!-- [if gte mso 9]> --><!-- <![endif] --><!-- [if gte mso 9]> --><!-- <![endif] --> On January 22, 2016 at 5:42 PM Craig Gourley <craig@glgmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Listmates, My client has just been told by a county official to get a judge to sign off on a “judicial short plat”. Apparently the client owned Lot A and bought half of the adjoining lot B. This was a post 1972 purchase so the platting statute applies. Obviously getting ½ of a lot without a BLA or some other recognized method is a violation of the platting statute. Government official has told the client to explain the situation to a judge and get them to sign an order making the ½ lot a separate legal lot. Purportedly the ruling would be based on “gee we didn’t know and its been this way a really long time. “ Anyone heard of such a thing? </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Gourley Law Group</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Snohomish Escrow</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Exchange Connection</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold',sans-serif;">1002 10<sup>th</sup> Street / PO Box 1091</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold',sans-serif;">Snohomish, WA 98291</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold',sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold',sans-serif;">360.568.5065</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold',sans-serif;">360.568.8092 fax</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;"><a href="mailto:Craig@glgmail.com">Craig@glgmail.com</a></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></blockquote><p><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br>WSBARP mailing list<br>WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp</blockquote><p><br> </p><p class="io-ox-signature">Scott G. Thomas<br>Law Office of Scott G. Thomas<br>1204 Cleveland Avenue<br>Mount Vernon, WA 98273<br>(360) 503-1042<br>www.scottgthomaslaw.com<br><br>Because this is a communication from a lawyer, it necessarily contains warnings such as this. I am a lawyer, but unless we have entered into an agreement for legal services, I am not your lawyer. And, if this message was intended for someone else but you have inadvertently received it, I ask that you delete the message and let me know you received it so that I can take steps to make sure you do not receive messages in the future. Thank you.</p></body></html>