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I have a potential client who owns real property with his wife, father-in-law, and mother-in-law. Title is held by the four of them, and the deed does not specify “Joint Tenancy,” so ownership is presumably as Tenants in Common. His mother-in-law recently passed
away with no probate. </div>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The parties are looking to:</span></p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Remove the mother-in-law from title; I believe this can be accomplished via recording a lack
of probate affidavit and a death cert., but correct me if I’m wrong here. </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">2. Convert title for the remaining owners—the client, his wife, and the
father-in-law—to Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship via a QCD pursuant to </span>
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RCW
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.28.010" class="x_ui-link" title="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.28.010" data-outlook-id="71516f28-979b-49a3-9fe8-ba19c70907a5" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">64.28.010</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
I’ve never done this before, but it seems that the RCW provides for TIC to become JTWROS through a deed. But if so, will this be an issue with the decedent currently on title?</span></p>
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Thanks. </div>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><b>Kevin A. Bukoskey, Esq., JD, MBA</b></span></p>
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