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<p class="MsoNormal">It is not exempt—it is never exempt solely on basis of a property division between unmarried partners in a CIR. REET is almost always a problem when trying to allocate real estate in a non-marital breakup.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Generally I have to try to find some other exemption. Might be able to do it as a friendly partition action. If PC has been living in this house and paying taxes for 20+ years--and paying a purchase mortgage perhaps?—PC might be able to
credibly asset that whatever interest the former partner might have had, has been consumed by PC's expenses; also, former partner "abandoned" their interest except as to the fraction of equity that partner might have owned at the time they moved out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A close read of <u>Cummings v. Anderson</u> 94 Wn.2d 135 (1980) might give you some ideas; it appear to hold that initial percentage of ownership shifts over time, if one party in a CIR abandons the property and the other continues to reside
there and pay mortgage etc. That doesn't extinguish the partner's equity interest calculated as of date of abandonment; but at that point, a tenant-in-common's right of accounting for expenses, which is allowed in a partition action, might swallow up all remaining
equity interest of the partner.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The easiest route might just be a plain gift under WAC 458-61A-201. Partition is WAC 458-61A-204(2).<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>
<p class="MsoNormal">1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">eric@sayrelawoffices.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Catherine Clark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 16, 2019 1:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserve <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Excise Tax Question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PC has called with a real estate excise tax question. PC was involved in a committed intimate relationship at least 25 years ago. In the CIR, PC and former partner purchased a house together. As these things go, the relationship ended.
The parties agreed that a new house would be purchased for former partner and one was. The parties also agreed that said partner would sign a quit claim deed. And as these things go, 20 some years later that hasn’t happened.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They would like to clean this up and record a quit claim deed. On excise tax, do you think it is due or do you think that it is an exempt under WAC 458-61A-215, clearing or exiting title, and additions to title. The transfer incident
to a dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership would not seem to apply as no action was filed and thus there is no order or decree.
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<p class="MsoNormal">All thoughts 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">Catherine C. Clark<br>
Law Office of Catherine C. Clark PLLC<br>
2200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1250<br>
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