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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">November 28, 2023</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The couple's marriage, without more, would not change the character of the property.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The character of property is established at the time of purchase.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If only one party had purchased prior to marriage with his/her own separate funds, it would be that party's separate property.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The fact of marriage, without more, would not change it's separate character.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So, same here. If they want the property to be community, they'll need to execute a deed or community property agreement or something to convert it to community property.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 940</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle, Washington 98101-2509</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">206-224-8288</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ak@seattle-silvalaw.com">ak@seattle-silvalaw.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.seattle-silvalaw.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.seattle-silvalaw.com</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On 2023-11-28 12:52, Paul Neumiller wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">A couple has recently come to me for estate planning. In passing, I<br />noticed that they took title to their residence pre-marriage as single<br />people but JTWRS. Does their post-purchase marriage (without anything<br />more) somehow change the character of title to the family residence<br />(to community property) or is title to the residence still in JTWRS?<br />***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***<br />_______________________________________________<br />WSBAPT mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br /><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a></blockquote>
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