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Timestamp: 2019-05-21 17:05:31
Document Index: 300150257

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 603', '§ 2400', '§ 6891', '§ 4', '§ 2410', '§ 6893', '§ 605', '§ 1', '§ 10572', '§ 5', '§ 606', '§ 2403', '§ 607', '§ 2', '§ 10573', '§ 608', '§ 3', '§ 10574', '§ 609', '§ 4', '§ 10575', '§ 610', '§ 1', '§ 10577', '§ 4', '§ 611', '§ 2', '§ 10578', '§ 3', '§ 10579', '§ 18', '§ 612', '§ 505', '§ 2416', '§ 6894', '§ 640', '§ 2399', '§ 2', '§ 6907', '§ 613', '§ 5', '§ 2413', '§ 6896', '§ 614', '§ 2396', '§ 6900', '§ 2398', '§ 1', '§ 6901', '§ 615', '§ 2401', '§ 28', '§ 8', '§ 6903', '§ 616', '§ 6', '§ 2402', '§ 6904', '§ 618', '§ 13', '§ 1', '§ 2407', '§ 6906', '§ 619', '§ 2397', '§ 5828', '§ 621', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 623', '§ 4', '§ 4']

Chapter 26.16 RCW: RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES—COMMUNITY PROPERTY
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Chapter 26.16 RCW
RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES—COMMUNITY PROPERTY
26.16.010 Separate property of spouse.
26.16.020 Separate property of domestic partner.
26.16.030 Community property defined—Management and control.
26.16.040 Community realty subject to liens, execution.
26.16.050 Conveyances between spouses or domestic partners.
26.16.060 Power of attorney between spouses or domestic partners.
26.16.070 Powers of attorney as to separate estate.
26.16.080 Execution of conveyance under power.
26.16.090 Powers of attorney as to community estate.
26.16.095 Purchaser of community real property protected by record title.
26.16.100 Claim of spouse or domestic partner in community realty to be filed.
26.16.110 Cloud on title—Removal.
26.16.120 Agreements as to status.
26.16.125 Custody of children.
26.16.140 Earnings and accumulations of spouses or domestic partners living apart, minor children.
26.16.150 Rights of married persons or domestic partners in general.
26.16.160 Civil disabilities of wife abolished.
26.16.180 Spouses or domestic partners may sue each other.
26.16.190 Liability for acts of other spouse or other domestic partner.
26.16.200 Debts incurred before marriage or domestic partnership—Separate debts—Child support obligation—Liability.
26.16.205 Liability for family support—Support obligation of stepparent.
26.16.210 Burden of proof in transactions between spouses or domestic partners.
26.16.220 Quasi-community property defined.
26.16.230 Quasi-community property—Disposition at death.
26.16.240 Quasi-community property—Effect of lifetime transfers—Claims by surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner—Waiver.
26.16.250 Quasi-community property—Characterization limited to determination of disposition at death—Waiver by written agreement.
Assignment of future wages invalid without written consent of spouse: RCW 49.48.100.
Banks and trust companies—Deposits: Chapter 30A.20 RCW.
Cemeteries, morgues and human remains—Title and rights to cemetery plots: Chapter 68.32 RCW.
homicide by other person, when justifiable: RCW 9A.16.030.
child labor: Chapter 49.12 RCW.
Parties to actions—Spouse or domestic partner: RCW 4.08.030 and 4.08.040.
Privileged communications: RCW 5.60.060.
Probate and trust law: Title 11 RCW.
Public assistance: Title 74 RCW.
Public health and safety—Vital statistics: Chapter 70.58 RCW.
Tenancy in dower and by curtesy abolished: RCW 11.04.060.
Unemployment compensation, benefits and claims: Chapter 50.20 RCW.
actions at law for injury or death: Chapter 51.24 RCW.
right to and amount: Chapter 51.32 RCW.
Separate property of domestic partner.
Property and pecuniary rights owned by a person in a state registered domestic partnership before registration of the domestic partnership or afterwards acquired by gift, bequest, devise, descent, or inheritance, with the rents, issues and profits thereof, shall not be subject to the debts or contracts of his or her domestic partner, and he or she may manage, lease, sell, convey, encumber or devise by will such property without his or her domestic partner joining in such management, alienation, or encumbrance, as fully, to the same extent and in the same manner as though he or she were not in a state registered domestic partnership.
[ 2008 c 6 § 603; Code 1881 § 2400; RRS § 6891. Prior: See Reviser's note following RCW 26.16.010.]
Reviser's note: See notes following RCW 26.16.010.
Earnings of spouse or domestic partner and minor children living apart: RCW 26.16.140.
Exemption of separate property of married person from attachment and execution upon liability of spouse: RCW 6.15.040.
RCW 26.16.040
Community realty subject to liens, execution.
Community real estate shall be subject to the liens of mechanics and others for labor and materials furnished in erecting structures and improvements thereon as provided by law in other cases, to liens of judgments recovered for community debts, and to sale on execution issued thereon.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 108 § 4; Code 1881 § 2410; RRS § 6893.]
Conveyances between spouses or domestic partners.
A spouse or domestic partner may give, grant, sell or convey directly to the other spouse or other domestic partner his or her community right, title, interest or estate in all or any portion of their community real property: And every deed made from one spouse to the other or one domestic partner to the other, shall operate to divest the real estate therein recited from any or every claim or demand as community property and shall vest the same in the grantee as separate property. The grantor in all such deeds, or the party releasing such community interest or estate shall sign, seal, execute and acknowledge the deed as a single person without the joinder therein of the married party or party to a state registered domestic partnership therein named as grantee: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the conveyances or transfers hereby authorized shall not affect any existing equity in favor of creditors of the grantor at the time of such transfer, gift or conveyance. AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That any deeds of gift conveyances or releases of community estate by or between spouses or between domestic partners heretofore made but in which both spouses or both domestic partners have not joined as grantors, said deeds, where made in good faith and without intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors, shall be and the same are hereby fully legalized as valid and binding.
[ 2008 c 6 § 605; 1888 c 27 § 1; RRS § 10572.]
Validating—1888 c 27: "All powers of attorney heretofore made and executed by any married woman joined with her husband and duly acknowledged and certified and all powers of attorney heretofore made or executed by husband or wife to the other, authorizing the sale or other disposition of real estate, whether separate or community real estate duly acknowledged conformably with the previous sections, and all conveyances heretofore and hereafter executed under and by virtue of such powers of attorney and acknowledged and certified in the manner provided herein, shall be valid and binding; provided, that any rights vested in third persons shall not be affected by anything in this section contained." [ 1888 c 27 § 5.] This applies to RCW 26.16.050 and 26.16.070 through 26.16.090.
Burden of proof in transactions between spouses or domestic partners: RCW 26.16.210.
RCW 26.16.060
Power of attorney between spouses or domestic partners.
A spouse or domestic partner may constitute the other his or her attorney-in-fact to manage, control or dispose of his or her property with the same power of revocation or substitution as could be exercised were they unmarried persons or were they not in a state registered domestic partnership.
[ 2008 c 6 § 606; Code 1881 § 2403; No RRS.]
RCW 26.16.070
Powers of attorney as to separate estate.
A spouse or domestic partner may make and execute powers of attorney for the sale, conveyance, transfer or encumbrance of his or her separate estate both real and personal, without the other spouse or other domestic partner joining in the execution thereof. Such power of attorney shall be acknowledged and certified in the manner provided by law for the conveyance of real estate. Nor shall anything herein contained be so construed as to prevent either spouse or either domestic partner from appointing the other his or her attorney-in-fact for the purposes provided in this section.
[ 2008 c 6 § 607; 1888 c 27 § 2; RRS § 10573.]
RCW 26.16.080
Execution of conveyance under power.
Any conveyance, transfer, deed, lease or other encumbrances executed under and by virtue of such power of attorney shall be executed, acknowledged and certified in the same manner as if the person making such power of attorney had been unmarried or not in a state registered domestic partnership.
[ 2008 c 6 § 608; 1888 c 27 § 3; RRS § 10574.]
Powers of attorney as to community estate.
A spouse or domestic partner may make and execute a letter of attorney to his or her spouse or domestic partner authorizing the sale or other disposition of his or her community interest or estate in the community property and as such attorney-in-fact to sign the name of such spouse or such domestic partner to any deed, conveyance, mortgage, lease or other encumbrance or to any instrument necessary to be executed by which the property conveyed or transferred shall be released from any claim as community property. And either spouse or either domestic partner may make and execute a letter of attorney to any third person to join with the other in the conveyance of any interest either in separate real estate of either, or in the community estate held by such spouse or such domestic partner in any real property. And both spouses or both domestic partners owning community property may jointly execute a power of attorney to a third person authorizing the sale, encumbrance or other disposition of community real property, and so execute the necessary conveyance or transfer of said real estate.
[ 2008 c 6 § 609; 1888 c 27 § 4; RRS § 10575.]
RCW 26.16.095
Purchaser of community real property protected by record title.
Whenever any person, married, in a state registered domestic partnership, or single, having in his or her name the legal title of record to any real estate, shall sell or dispose of the same to an actual bona fide purchaser, a deed of such real estate from the person holding such legal record title to such actual bona fide purchaser shall be sufficient to convey to, and vest in, such purchaser the full legal and equitable title to such real estate free and clear of any and all claims of any and all persons whatsoever, not appearing of record in the auditor's office of the county in which such real estate is situated.
[ 2008 c 6 § 610; 1891 c 151 § 1; RRS § 10577. Formerly RCW 64.04.080.] [SLC-RO-16]
Saving—1891 c 151: "In so far as this act affects married persons having already acquired and now holding real estate under existing laws, a period of three months from the date at which this act shall take effect is hereby allowed to such persons within which to comply with its provisions." [ 1891 c 151 § 4.] This applies to RCW 26.16.095 through 26.16.110.
Claim of spouse or domestic partner in community realty to be filed.
A spouse or domestic partner having an interest in real estate, by virtue of the marriage relation or state registered domestic partnership, the legal title of record to which real estate is or shall be held by the other, may protect such interest from sale or disposition by the other spouse or other domestic partner, as the case may be, in whose name the legal title is held, by causing to be filed and recorded in the auditor's office of the county in which such real estate is situated an instrument in writing setting forth that the person filing such instrument is the spouse or domestic partner, as the case may be, of the person holding the legal title to the real estate in question, describing such real estate and the claimant's interest therein; and when thus presented for record such instrument shall be filed and recorded by the auditor of the county in which such real estate is situated, in the same manner and with like effect as regards notice to all the world, as deeds of real estate are filed and recorded. And if either spouse or either domestic partner fails to cause such an instrument to be filed in the auditor's office in the county in which real estate is situated, the legal title to which is held by the other, within a period of ninety days from the date when such legal title has been made a matter of record, any actual bona fide purchaser of such real estate from the person in whose name the legal title stands of record, receiving a deed of such real estate from the person thus holding the legal title, shall be deemed and held to have received the full legal and equitable title to such real estate free and clear of all claim of the other spouse or other domestic partner.
[ 2008 c 6 § 611; 1891 c 151 § 2; RRS § 10578.] [SLC-RO-16]
Recording of real property by county auditor: Chapters 65.04 and 65.08 RCW.
RCW 26.16.110
Cloud on title—Removal.
The instrument in writing provided for in RCW 26.16.100 shall be deemed to be a cloud upon the title of said real estate, and may be removed by the release of the party filing the same, or by any court having jurisdiction in the county where said real estate is situated, whenever it shall appear to said court that the real estate described in said instrument is the separate property of the person in whose name the title to the said real estate, or any part thereof, appears to be vested, from the conveyances on record in the office of the auditor of the county where said real estate is situated.
[ 1891 c 151 § 3; RRS § 10579.]
Agreements as to status.
[ 2009 c 525 § 18; 2008 c 6 § 612; 1998 c 292 § 505; Code 1881 § 2416; RRS § 6894.]
*Reviser's note: "this chapter", which is Code 1881, chapter CLXXXIII, is codified as RCW 26.16.010 through 26.16.040, 26.16.060, 26.16.120, 26.16.140 through 26.16.160, and 26.16.180 through 26.16.210.
RCW 26.16.125
Henceforth the rights and responsibilities of the parents in the absence of misconduct shall be equal, and one parent shall be as fully entitled to the custody, control and earnings of the children as the other parent, and in case of one parent's death, the other parent shall come into full and complete control of the children and their estate.
[ 2008 c 6 § 640; Code 1881 § 2399; 1879 p 151 § 2; RRS § 6907. Formerly RCW 26.20.020.]
Earnings and accumulations of spouses or domestic partners living apart, minor children.
When spouses or domestic partners are living separate and apart, their respective earnings and accumulations shall be the separate property of each. The earnings and accumulations of minor children shall be the separate property of the spouse or domestic partner who has their custody or, if no custody award has been made, then the separate property of the spouse or domestic partner with whom said children are living.
[ 2008 c 6 § 613; 1972 ex.s. c 108 § 5; Code 1881 § 2413; RRS § 6896.]
RCW 26.16.150
Rights of married persons or domestic partners in general.
Every married person or domestic partner shall hereafter have the same right and liberty to acquire, hold, enjoy and dispose of every species of property, and to sue and be sued, as if he or she were unmarried or were not in a state registered domestic partnership.
[ 2008 c 6 § 614; Code 1881 § 2396; RRS § 6900.]
of spouse: RCW 26.16.010.
of domestic partner: RCW 26.16.020.
RCW 26.16.160
Civil disabilities of wife abolished.
All laws which impose or recognize civil disabilities upon a wife, which are not imposed or recognized as existing as to the husband, are hereby abolished, and for any unjust usurpation of her natural or property rights, she shall have the same right to appeal in her own individual name, to the courts of law or equity for redress and protection that the husband has: PROVIDED, ALWAYS, That nothing in *this chapter shall be construed to confer upon the wife any right to vote or hold office, except as otherwise provided by law.
[Code 1881 § 2398; 1879 p 151 § 1; RRS § 6901.]
*Reviser's note: "this chapter," see note following RCW 26.16.120.
RCW 26.16.180
Spouses or domestic partners may sue each other.
Should either spouse or either domestic partner obtain possession or control of property belonging to the other, either before or after marriage or before or after entering into a state registered domestic partnership, the owner of the property may maintain an action therefor, or for any right growing out of the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were unmarried or were not in a state registered domestic partnership.
[ 2008 c 6 § 615; Code 1881 § 2401; 1879 p 80 § 28; 1873 p 452 § 8; RRS § 6903.]
[ 2008 c 6 § 616; 1972 ex.s. c 108 § 6; Code 1881 § 2402; RRS § 6904.]
Collection actions against community bank account: RCW 74.20A.120.
Liability for family support—Support obligation of stepparent.
[ 2008 c 6 § 618; 1990 1st ex.s. c 2 § 13; 1969 ex.s. c 207 § 1; Code 1881 § 2407; RRS § 6906. Formerly RCW 26.20.010.]
RCW 26.16.210
Burden of proof in transactions between spouses or domestic partners.
In every case, where any question arises as to the good faith of any transaction between spouses or between domestic partners, whether a transaction between them directly or by intervention of third person or persons, the burden of proof shall be upon the party asserting the good faith.
[ 2008 c 6 § 619; Code 1881 § 2397; RRS § 5828.]
Quasi-community property—Disposition at death.
Upon the death of any person domiciled in this state, one-half of any quasi-community property shall belong to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and the other one-half of such property shall be subject to disposition at death by the decedent, and in the absence thereof, shall descend in the manner provided for community property under chapter 11.04 RCW.
[ 2008 c 6 § 621; 1988 c 34 § 2; 1986 c 72 § 2.]
Quasi-community property—Characterization limited to determination of disposition at death—Waiver by written agreement.
The characterization of property as quasi-community property under this chapter shall be effective solely for the purpose of determining the disposition of such property at the time of a death, and such characterization shall not affect the rights of the decedent's creditors. For all other purposes property characterized as quasi-community property under this chapter shall be characterized without regard to the provisions of this chapter. Both spouses or both domestic partners may waive, modify, or relinquish any quasi-community property right granted or created by this chapter by signed written agreement, wherever executed, before or after June 11, 1986, including without limitation, community property agreements, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, or agreements as to status of property.
[ 2008 c 6 § 623; 1988 c 34 § 4; 1986 c 72 § 4.]