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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>AF Gibbs<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 01, 2016 10:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Marriage application filed, but no certificate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thank you, Kerry. I appreciate the response very much and will read those cases.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I was thinking along those lines. Wouldn't the CIR yield the "surviving spouse" as being a
<u>creditor</u> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Gibbs Law Offices<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Kerry Richards <<a href="mailto:krichards@brad-rich-law.com" target="_blank">krichards@brad-rich-law.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear Anthony:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I urge that you review the case law establishing Committed Intimate Relationships. (CIR). The lead
case is <b>Nash</b> and <b>Pennington.</b> 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>rdafg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 01, 2016 9:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Marriage application filed, but no certificate</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>As relates to intestacy, if a man and a woman who have lived together for 10 years file an
<i>application</i> for a marriage license in King County, but never file the <i>certificate</i> of marriage, would the woman be entitled to treatment as a surviving spouse?
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<p>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thanks,<br>
Anthony<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Anthony F. Gibbs<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Gibbs Law Offices<o:p></o:p></pre>
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