<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">That's a wild ride.  I'm not sure that the transfer was ever effective as there was no legal description on the deed.  From the moment that it was executed, the conveyance would have been made but for the fact that it was missing the legal description.  <span style="color:rgb(75,70,92)">The description must be sufficiently definite to locate the land without recourse to oral testimony, or it must contain a reference to another instrument that contains a sufficient description. This is necessary to meet the requirement of the statute of frauds. There may be additional facts that can help.</span></font><div><font color="#4b465c" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#4b465c" face="arial, sans-serif">Still, it seems as though you have the other avenue - taking it to probate court.  That is what I would do in this case.</font></div><div><font color="#4b465c" face="Public Sans, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><br clear="all"></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Christopher G. Britt, M.A., J.D.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Attorney at Law</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wMRe_ukoUDSfEk1B9GOtzEv1ZmETJ5W4aT8G-i1q6fL7AkhPL9-7Q-uOEqpeS39zB_6R0N47HVfeKJTfKSM6im7XYlsivfchznVeSWqQ" width="200" height="35"></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">1403 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 201-S</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Spokane, WA 99203-2278</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>P: 509.455.3713<br>D: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">509.316.2131</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>F: +1.509.455.3718 (must dial 1 before area code)</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">E: </span><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:christopher@lucentlaw.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">christopher@lucentlaw.com</a></span></u><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Web: <a href="http://www.lucentlaw.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.lucentlaw.com</a></span></p></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM Jon Fritzler <<a href="mailto:FritzlerLaw@outlook.com">FritzlerLaw@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-368628643629820303">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Listmates,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Client and his now deceased wife (“decedent”) were married in 1996.  The resided in a house that decedent owned prior to the marriage. In 2011, wife signed a Quitclaim Deed transferring
 the house to client with the intention that it be recorded after her death to avoid probate.  The deed lists only the address of the property and does not provide a legal description.  I believe a deed can be recorded post-mortem, correct? However, a deed
 must have a full legal description of the property to be effective, correct?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Assuming the deed can’t be recorded due to the lack of legal description, my question is if this can be handled with a Lack of Probate Affidavit instead of a probate.  The decedent
 had children from a previous marriage but had a Will that left her residuary estate, which includes the house, solely to client. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Jon M. Fritzler</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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