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<p>I agree with Eric, and throw this out only as a last ditch effort
if it were absolutely necessary.</p>
<p>Reopen the court proceeding and get someone appointed to sign on
behalf of the deceased. I have no idea if that is legally
possible, but I can almost guarantee you the opposition won't lift
a finger to stop you. ;-)<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kary L. Krismer
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/2019 12:24 PM, Eric Nelsen
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<p class="MsoNormal">If the deed is 20 years old and client has
been living there and paying property taxes the whole time, I
think there's a good chance a title insurance company would be
willing to insure around the scrivener's error. You also could
look at the divorce decree, and see if perhaps the error is <b><i>not</i></b>
in that document; that might help reassure a title company.
Also look at the pre-divorce deed when the spouses first
purchased. All of that could be good evidence that would
reassure all involved that the scrivener's error won't be a
problem.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know the client is looking for
"assurance," but the price of true, absolute assurance is
probably doing a quiet title to correct the legal description.
Or, the cheaper version is talking to a title officer and get
some informal reassurance—while recognizing that anything the
title officer says isn't actually a commitment; it's just an
opinion that offers some level of likelihood that there won't
be a future problem.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Julie Martiniello<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2019 10:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Error on QCD and Grantor is now
deceased<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In drafting a transfer on death deed for
a client we noticed that there is a scrivener's error in the
QCD granting her the full property from 20 years ago. The
legal description has Div #3 and it should be Div #5. This
was pursuant to a legal separation. Ex-spouse passed away 15
years ago, so where I would usually do a correction deed,
the Grantor is no longer around to sign it. The original
deed is nowhere to be found either. Even if we found it,
the Grantor is deceased so cannot sign the REETA. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My client would like some assurance
that this will not create a huge issue down the line if
she decides to sell or more troubling if the child
inherits and then decide to sell the property. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any of the title attorneys in here or
other attorneys here have a suggestion on how she can
"clear" title without having to spend a bunch of time and
money on this? Opening a probate for the ex-spouse popped
into my head, but seems like a lot of trouble for this. Is
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