<div dir="ltr"><div>I agree. However, until the property is sold to a bona fide buyer, this is potentially <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=25.05&full=true#25.05.065">partnership property</a>. So by my analysis, Z has a claim under RCW 25.05 to 10% of the equity in the home. More facts are needed to assess the strength of that claim.</div><div><br></div><div>Craig</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Craig Blackmon, <a href="https://www.mywsba.org/PersonifyEbusiness/LegalDirectory/LegalProfile.aspx?Usr_ID=000000029240" target="_blank">Attorney at Law</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">92 Lenora St. #13, </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Seattle WA 98121 </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Office/Cell: (206) 369-5949</font></span> </div><div style="font-size:12.8px">On the blog: <a href="https://seattlepropertylawyer.com/blog/quitclaim-deed-explained" target="_blank">Changes to Title and the QCD</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://seattlepropertylawyer.com/" target="_blank"><img style="font-size:small" width="96" height="60" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yAS3LbigaeQ7XjeX_jBFLC1xkGA4lhF3hRITg40apDzIx3WWSC-yKZowxra-M6dhcfA8lC3xQ"></a> <a href="https://www.fsbolawyers.org/" target="_blank"><img width="96" height="92" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wb7RP8yX-nieDebz-qxj-lDuz4U1vb4JaUimepQmmYEjbAHyaH1ZbnST10vrkMatVaysevEMU"></a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication is a private, confidential electronic communication encompassed by 18 USC 2510. It is for the sole use of the intended recipient and receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient does not constitute a loss of its confidential or privileged nature. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender and destroy all copies.<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div><div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM Gregory L. Ursich <<a href="mailto:gursich@insleebest.com">gursich@insleebest.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="msg88878028182226604">
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Partnership Agreement for Condo not Matching Deed<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am looking over the fence from the Probate and Trust side as I am drafting an estate plan for a client who told me that they have a "partnership agreement" pertaining to a condominium where
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The partnership agreement was pulled from online and has several elements that I have found troubling as it related to the estate planning conversation - but my reason for writing is to ask for
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