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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I'm not sure I'm following the facts. I'm reading that two years before his death, H sold some Washington real estate to a third party for basically nothing--amounts to a gift. My answer assumes I got that right.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You say "$10"--that's a common recital of consideration in a deed and bears no relationship to the actual sale price. I would verify the actual sale price through the county assessor records and/or the Real Estate
Excise Tax Affidavit filed with the deed. Even a real estate agent might be able to call up the information relatively quickly, or maybe you could find sale information on Zillow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If the property sold by H was community property, see
<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=26.16.030">RCW 26.16.030(2) and (3)</a> and associated cases. One spouse alone has no authority to transfer community real property without joinder of the spouse. Joinder typically means also signing the
deed, but the spouse can also waive the right, acquiesce, ratify after the fact or be estopped from challenging the transfer, depending on the facts. See WSBA Community Property Deskbook Section 4.7 (4th ed. 2014).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I'd go down that road first, before fighting the more difficult issues of capacity and undue influence. If you feel like talking through the issues in more detail, feel free to call me, or email me off the list.<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>Roberto Castro<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2018 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Bargain sale or Gift of Community Property<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listmates<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am striking out finding case law in WA dealing with a bargain sale or gift of highly appreciated property for a pittance ($10) of community property without knowledge of spouse or children of the couple; this purported transaction occurred
2 years before H’s death. I have an estate where H &W lived in AZ and two years prior to H’s death he purported to make a bargain sale of highly appreciated property in WA to a non-family member without knowledge of W or the children of the marriage. You
can imagine the uproar and issues of capacity and undue influence. Any case law or thoughts is appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Roberto H Castro<o:p></o:p></p>
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