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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Not that it would necessarily help in this matter, but have you considered a quiet title action forcing the court to make a decision regarding ownership of the property using the Hawaii divorce decree as support for your client’s claims?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, I don’t know if you have tried searching for the former husband, but familytreenow.com often has a lot of current information on individuals and its free. You only need a first and last name and a city/state they have lived at to do a search. You could even search with your client’s name and see if her former spouse is listed among her known associates (its scary how much information this site has). It has current information including address, email, and telephone numbers. If you can find him, you can reach out and see if he’d execute a quitclaim deed to her. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My firm does not handle family law cases, but in the few instances where we have for uncontested divorces, we usually include a quitclaim deed conveying the spouse’s ownership interest to the other spouse among the various documents that get executed so that it gets taken care of in as timely a manner as possible from the date the decree is awarded. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Jennifer Tengono<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Associate Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Susan R. 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Wilson, Attorney at Law, immediately by telephone at 208-882-8060 and destroy the original message.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert R. Cole<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 10:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> Dwight Bickel <dwight@dwightbickel.com>; WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Hawaii divorce w/ Wash property<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dwight, this is exactly the answer I did not want to hear. Has anyone done a procedure like this that can help me, or do it themselves? Thanks.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very Truly Yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert R. Cole<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Law Office of Cole & Gilday, P.C. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10101 - 270th St. NW <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stanwood, WA 98292 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(360) 629-2900 (Telephone) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(360) 629-0220 (Fax) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This message contains confidential and privileged information that is intended only for the named recipient(s). Unless you are the named recipient or authorized agent thereof, you are prohibited from reading, copying, distributing or otherwise disseminating such information. If you receive this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>On 3/9/2022 1:08 PM, Dwight Bickel wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The HA court cannot change vesting for WA real property. It only has jurisdiction of the people. It can order her to convey, and WA courts will help him to enforce that.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Dwight A. Bickel</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Real Property Title Advisor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Washington Title Professional</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="mailto:Dwight@DwightBickel.com"><span style='color:#002060'>Dwight@DwightBickel.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://dwightbickel.com">https:/dwightbickel.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>206-484-1976</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com"><wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert R. Cole<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com"><wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com></a><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Hawaii divorce w/ Wash property</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Client's husband obtained a divorce from her in Hawaii. In it the Snohomish County residence was awarded to Wife. She tells me the title company says that Hawaiian decree doesn't hold water in Washington. I can file that foreign Decree pursuant to 6.36.025. But will that take care of the issue that the Hawaii judge can't decide who owns WA property? If not, what to do? (Also, whereabouts of husband is unknown, and the property is being foreclosed.)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other'>-- <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very Truly Yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert R. Cole<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Law Office of Cole & Gilday, P.C. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10101 - 270th St. NW <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stanwood, WA 98292 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(360) 629-2900 (Telephone) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(360) 629-0220 (Fax) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This message contains confidential and privileged information that is intended only for the named recipient(s). 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