FW: [WSBAPT] small estate affidavit of successor

Tue May 13 15:47:02 PDT 2014

I have not filed these after I have prepared them and had client(s) sign
them, sending them to the bank, or the insurance company, the annuity
company, or to whomever had funds, belonging to the Decedent, that  we
wanted to collect, short of full-blown probate.

That being said, I had a pro se person come to me about a week ago, and he
said he had filed the affidavit he had filled out, on a form he received
at the local Clerk’s Office.  It could be that once a person gets the
form, he/she is told by a Deputy Clerk about the $20.00 filing fee and is
either encouraged to file it, or assumes that it has to be filed.

In that case, the person had filed the Affidavit, a COPY of a Durable
Power of Attorney signed by the Decedent (no longer in effect), and a COPY
of the Last Will and Testament.  I guess he wanted to make sure he touched
all of the bases.

Doug Bratt

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I have done many over the years and never filed one.

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[mailto:wsbapt-owner at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Melinda Grout
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Subject: [WSBAPT] small estate affidavit of successor

Good morning,

Haven’t used this for a while, and now have 2 in my office.  I noticed
that the clerk’s office has a $20 filing fee for the Affidavit.  Are
people filing these?  I would not be inclined to do so, since it has
details of assets, and since it’s another expense to the client, and since
I do not see it required in the statute.  But I’m always willing to be
wrong…

Thoughts?

Thanks!

Melinda Grout
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