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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva<br />______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">August 24, 2026</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;">A marital community, A &B, husband and wife, own real property as a community property.</span></div>
<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Years later, "in consideration of ten dollars and good and valuable consideration" H & W quitclaim and convey their real property as follows:</span></div>
<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to C, an unmarried person, and to A &B, husband and wife.</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;">Under the case of Lyon v Lyon, 100 Wn.2d 409 (1983), I understand that a tenancy in common is not created. Rather, H & W continue to hold as a community. </span></div>
<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Do husband and wife own 2/3 with C holding 1/3, OR do husband and wife own only 50% of the real property with C owning the other 50%?</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;">The Real Estate Excise Tax Affidavit which was filed simultaneously states that the real property was sold for XX dollars. XX dollars is 10% of the assessed value of the real property which was declared on the REET affidavit.</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;">In the absence of any additional writing, d</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">oes the sale price, which is one 10th of the value of the assessed value, have any import when establishing the ownership interest had by A & B, husband and wife, and what is owned by C?</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;">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></div>
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