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Washington Family Law: Appealing Your Case When the Issue Concerns a Committed Intimate Relationship

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I have previously blogged about Committed Intimate Relationships (“CIR”) and how courts handle them at the trial level . In addition, CIR have also been reviewed by the Appellate and Supreme Court of Washington....more

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Married Couple’s Acquisition of Title as Joint Tenants Does Not Rebut the Presumption of Community Property

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In re Brace, 470 P.3d 15 (Cal. 2020), a California married couple acquired real property with community funds, and took title as “husband and wife as joint tenants.” When the husband filed a chapter 7 petition in bankruptcy,...more

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Court Holds That A Husband Had No Interest In His Deceased’s Wife’s Real Estate That Was Obtained Via A Gift Deed

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In Leland House v. Webb, a husband sued his deceased wife’s executor to quiet title in real estate that she obtained from her aunt. No. 06-19-00054-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 10012 (Tex. App.—Texarkana November 19, 2019, no...more

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Court Held That Retirement Benefits Belonged To The Worker’s Sister, Who Was Designated Beneficiary, And Not The Wife

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In Estate of Gibson, a man named his sister as the beneficiary of his retirement plan in 1989. No. 06-17-00059-CV, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 9963 (Tex. App.—Texarkana October 13, 2017, no pet.)....more

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Separate Property and Arizona Marital Community Equitable Lien Rights

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In Weeks v Weeks, Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals addressed the marital community’s equitable lien against separate property of one spouse. The opinion is a memorandum decision and it is therefore not...more

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