DOLLIVER, J.
These cases involve a single issue: May a surviving spouse, acting pursuant to RCW 11.52.020, select a homestead from the separate property of the decedent spouse where no homestead has been declared prior to the death of the decedent spouse. In both cases, the surviving spouse petitioned, the estates resisted, and the trial court refused to allow the award of homestead. We reverse.
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