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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>John McCrady<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Counsel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Puget Sound Title Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>5350 Orchard Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>University Place WA 98467<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>253-476-5721<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>j.mccrady@pstitle.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rod Harmon<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 02, 2017 6:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] How to Request Information from Title Company?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The title company is probably worried about a claim.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Rod Harmon</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>RODNEY T. HARMON</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Attorney at Law</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> P.O. Box 1066</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Bothell, WA 98041</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Tel: (425) 402-7800</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Fax: (425) 458-9096</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.rodharmon.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.rodharmon.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:rodharmon@msn.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>rodharmon@msn.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <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>Ms. Roberta Armstrong<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 2, 2017 9:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] How to Request Information from Title Company?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Listserve, your guidance is much appreciated... Here's what I know:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>H and W names on deed for their home<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>H dies first, his will gives everything to W, no probate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>1996 W dies, her will is filed in court, $20 fee paid, case number assigned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>W's will gives home to their 4 children equally (C1, C2, C3 and C4)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>2005 C2 dies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>2006 C1 coverts will only case to estate, gets letters of testamentary (assuming with non-intervention powers)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>February 2017, C1 as personal representative of W’s estate sells home<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>C3 and C4 are estranged from C1.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>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 <i>(even though the quit claim deed and lack of probate for C2 were unnecessary).</i> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>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…?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>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? <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:red'>Creator of the first on-line Indian Will Production System </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:red'>- </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:red'>CHECK OUT </span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nativewill.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Ctalk2much84%40msn.com%7Cf0691cf35e024c54beeb08d522118fbc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636452381171952331&sdata=0DxmXecoBJpDuMCQ0qwBpdVq%2FMr%2FTTAVKiLlkOjiIks%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#339999'>www.NativeWill.org</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>Ms. Roberta Armstrong</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>Washington State Bar Association No. 42343</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>Founder and Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>Stewards of Indigenous Resources Endowment,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>a Non-Profit Professional Service Corporation </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>P O Box 2248</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>Yelm, WA 98597</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>425.737.5448 | Direct</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'>866.227.6651 | Fax</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="mailto:Roberta@IndianWillsOnWheels.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Roberta@IndianWillsOnWheels.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.IndianWillsOnWheels.org&data=02%7C01%7Ctalk2much84%40msn.com%7Cf0691cf35e024c54beeb08d522118fbc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636452381171952331&sdata=TOY5n3Kk8tvq6PPQvLavQDVyIMD%2BgNPFdsxVQcYqJBk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>www.IndianWillsOnWheels.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Please note that the contents of this e-mail message are confidential and may be legally privileged, being intended for the named recipient. 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