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As the popularity of Airbnb, Vrbo, Vacasa, and other websites have grown, disputes between short-term rental (“STR”) owners and their neighbors have caused people to lobby for changes in how STRs are regulated.  Many cities and counties have passed laws to ban STRs, but in jurisdictions where the government is not interested in regulated this… Read More

In the recent Washington Court of Appeals case Cherberg v. Fidelity National Title Ins. Company, the Cherbergs bought their dream home – or so they thought. The property purported to include access to a waterfront dock. But two "exclusive easements" encumbered the property—easements granting the sellers / next door neighbors sole access to the dock, i.e. excluding the… Read More

January 23rd, 2025 Beresford Booth Attorney Ryan G. Foltz talks about Dispute Resolution Alternatives Read More

Qualified Disclaimers: A tool for when you would prefer not to accept an inheritance A qualified disclaimer is a formal refusal to accept property or assets being distributed from an estate or trust. When a beneficiary disclaims (ie, refuses) an inheritance, it passes to another beneficiary as if the disclaiming person never had ownership of… Read More

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in December 2017, introduced significant reforms that affected various aspects of federal taxation, including changes to estate and gift tax provisions. One of the most notable provisions was the temporary increase in the exemption amounts for federal estate and gift taxes. However, these increases are set to… Read More

If you and your co-parent cannot agree on a parenting plan, a commissioner in your county will make that decision for you. Temporary Parenting Plan There are some different considerations a Court will make when entering a temporary parenting plan, or a plan that will last until the end of litigation, versus a permanent plan… Read More

An easement gives a legal right to use another person’s real property for a specific purpose. Fundamentally, an easement for ingress and egress serves the purpose of permitting another property owner the right to enter and leave a property that does not belong to that property owner. In other words, with an easement for ingress… Read More

In 2023, Washington State underwent significant changes in housing legislation in 2023. Some of the major changes pertaining to multiplexes and accessory dwelling units, in particular, have been discussed previously in blog posts here, here, and here. The relevant laws went into effect on July 23, 2023, and the law requires Cities to adopt compliant zoning laws within… Read More

The answer: ‘it depends.’ In Washington State, co-parents with dependent children that have entered a Parenting Plan (for example through a divorce, separation or parentage action), will have also entered an Order of Child Support.  Depending on the age of the children at the time of entry, often the issue of post-secondary support is ‘reserved.’ … Read More