52 chapters · 972 sections in this title.
RCW 11.54.001 Purpose—Applicability.
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(1) The purposes of this chapter are: (a) To clarify the exemptions from attachment, execution, and forced sale that apply after a decedent's death; (b) To establish a procedure for allocating the exempt property among claimants; and (c) To establish a procedure by which the dece…
RCW 11.54.005 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Child" and "children," when used with reference to a decedent, means all persons who have a parent-child relationship, as defined in RCW 26.26A.100, as a child with t…
RCW 11.54.008 Property of decedent exempt from legal process remains exempt—Additional designated property.
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(1) Any homestead or other property exempt from attachment, execution, and forced sale under Title 6 RCW immediately before a decedent's death remains exempt from attachment, execution, and forced sale for the debts of the decedent and the debts of the community composed of the d…
RCW 11.54.010 Award to surviving spouse, domestic partner, or children—Petition.
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(1) Any one or more of a decedent's surviving spouse, surviving registered domestic partner, and dependent children may commence a judicial proceeding under chapter 11.96A RCW for an award from the decedent's separate property and from the community property of the decedent and t…