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A couple married in Texas and acquired investment accounts there with the husband's earnings while both were domiciled in Texas. They later moved to Washington, where the husband dies. The accounts would have been community property had they been earned while domiciled in Washington. How are these accounts treated for purposes of distribution at the husband's death in Washington?

As the husband's separate property because they were titled in his name in Texas As community property fully owned by the surviving spouse As quasi-community property, in which the surviving spouse has a one-half interest at death As property that escheats to the State of Washington

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As quasi-community property, in which the surviving spouse has a one-half interest at death

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