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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 17, 2026 4:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com>; WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Disposition of Real Property at Death<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Dear Listmates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">This may be basic to some of you, but not to me, at least this late in the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Bob, an unmarried individual, and Jane, an unmarried individual, purchased a home (i.e., real property) as tenants-in-common. Bob and Jane are both obligors on the home loan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Years go by. Bob and Jane marry each other. They never have any children. They never execute a community property agreement. They never change the title to the home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Even more years go by. Bob dies without a will. Bob is survived only by Jane.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Jane wants to remove Bob from title to the home. What is Jane's best course of action?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thanks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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