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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">That soon to be divorced couple are making an error that I saw way too often. They will not enjoy all the problems inherent in tenancy-in-common, but
with an additional risk. The attribute of survivorship is the likely motivation. They don’t understand about severance by either party, often unintentional. They should create a trust, holding title as co-trustees, so the trust terms cannot be changed and
the expectation for the survivor to hold 100% is protected. Seriously, I wouldn’t let my clients make that error. I have seen post-divorce joint ownership work out well exactly never.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lynn Clare<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 10, 2021 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property listserve <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Real Property + Family Law<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Husband and wife are divorcing, but currently still married. They own a piece of unimproved land that for some reason they want to continue to own together after divorce. They
do not want to be tenants in common; they want to hold this land as joint tenants with the right of survivorship. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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