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Commissioners review proposed changes to county family-transfer (509) process; ask staff and county attorney for legal review
Summary
A workshop reviewed proposed edits to Flathead County's family-transfer (509) review procedures, including new definitions for "straw person," timing for departmental review, and how court orders should be treated; commissioners asked for a consolidated draft and legal vetting.
Commissioners held a workshop discussion on April 16 about proposed revisions to the county’s family-transfer review process (often called the 509 process) and asked staff to consolidate commissioner edits and seek county attorney review.
Brad (staff) said the proposed edits focus on clearer definitions for terms such as a “straw person” and on clarifying when transfers between spouses or to minor children constitute an evasion of the law. “Definitions of what a straw person is was... one of the main thing,” Brad said, adding that the proposed text attempts to distinguish permissible family transfers from…
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