<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is more of a Community Property issue than a business entities question: all property acquired during the course of the marriage except by inheritance or gift is PRESUMED to be Community Property unless there is clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">So, unless there is extremely good evidence that the house or the LLC are meant to be owned by this couple in unequal amounts, the RP and the LLC are community property. And under WA law, title alone is not enough evidence of what was intended.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Lynn Clare</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Clare Law Firm</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM James R Ihnot <<a href="mailto:jri@jamesrihnot.com">jri@jamesrihnot.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-6014917955864916296"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-6014917955864916296WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-6014917955864916296__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I have never had that statement questioned or challenged by Revenue but you should have an operating agreement to back up your position if necessary. <u></u><u></u></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Jim<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT AS OF MARCH 1st, 2023 OUR OFFICE HAS MOVED.<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Our new physical and mailing address is:<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> James R. 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