[WSBAPT] creditor claim
Josh Grant
jgrant at accima.com
Tue Jun 14 15:14:31 PDT 2016
I don't see any good argument that a creditor who timely files a creditor's
claim in an estate which was properly opened, is somehow barred from
collecting the full amount of his claim simply because the PR elected to
open a second estate file.
-----Original Message-----
From: Krista MacLaren
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 2:55 PM
To: wsba probate & trust
Subject: [WSBAPT] creditor claim
Hi Folks,
I have a creditor claim scenario I have never contemplated before. When
decedent died, her best friend attempted to handle many of the immediate
issues that needed attention before obtaining legal advice. As part of
that, she got an order from the King County Superior Court in Kent to have a
safe deposit box opened to check for a will. No will was found. Later, she
and the family contacted me to assist them in opening a probate, with no
mention made of the Kent court action.
I opened probate in the Seattle KCSC and issued notices to creditors,
including a credit union with whom the decedent had a credit card. Credit
Union did not file a claim under the Seattle cause number, but they had
already filed a claim under the Kent cause number (before I had sent the
Notice to Creditors). I don’t know how they even knew about the Kent cause
number. I only learned of it because I was out of the office and wanted to
check the court file, but didn’t have the cause number, so I did a case
search online and found two separate cause numbers. When they received the
Notice to Creditors that I sent, they did not file their claim under the
Seattle cause number. They may not have noticed the cause numbers were
different and just figured they had already filed their claim.
Now the creditor claim period has passed, and I am wondering whether we must
pay them, whether we should not pay them, whether this is a defect that the
PR may waive - ? The estate is quite small and the claim is around $7,000.
The PR just wants to do what is appropriate, and has no special interest in
avoiding payment, but does want to protect himself from accusations of
wrongdoing.
Thank you for any suggestions!
Krista J. MacLaren
Attorney at Law
Northgate Executive Center II
9725 3rd Ave NE, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 523-6116
kjm.inc at me.com
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