<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">I agree with Jody that the title company is right that the deed needs to be from "A to A and B as joint tenants with right of survivorship," but not because of a requirement of unity in time. Traditionally, A and B both had to come into title at the same time as JTWROS - the unity of time. RCW 64.28.010 dispensed with that requirement, yet doesn't allow for a deed simply from "A an undivided 50% interest to B as JTWROS". 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">I believe the title company is right. You are missing one of the four unities necessary to create a JTWROS – the unity of time. The joint tenants must obtain their interests in the property at the same time.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listmates. We have a situation of a deed in which son grants an undivided 50% interest to his mother as Joint Tenants. Title company is refusing to accept joint tenancy because Grantor did not grant it to himself and his mother as Joint
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