[WSBAPT] Non-Self Proving Will

[Brent Williams-Ruth]

Thank you! That is what I needed.

I presumed that there was so exemption but everything I was reading was
only relating to the Self-proving affidavit.

Appreciate the collective!

Brent

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Doug Schafer <schafer at pobox.com> wrote:

> If the text above the witnesses signature recites that necessary facts and
> the penalty-of-perjury statement (RCW 9A.72.085), then a separate affidavit
> is not needed.  I've been preparing wills in that manner for decades.
>
> Doug Schafer, in Tacoma.
>
> On 12/1/2017 9:51 AM, Teunis J. Wyers wrote:
>
> That is what I have done in this situation. If, for example, you can find
> only one of the witnesses, just tell the story in the petition for probate
> and it is likely that the court will accept the will.
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Brent Williams-Ruth <
> brent at bwrconsults.com> wrote:
>
>> List -
>>
>> I was presented with a Will executed in 2014. It was signed by the
>> Decedent and two witnesses, but it lacks the self-proving affidavit that
>> has been sworn by two witnesses and a notary.
>>
>> To probate such a will, would I simply create the Affidavit now and seek
>> the witnesses and have them sign now? What if they are deceased or unable
>> to be located?
>>
>> Appreciate any thoughts.
>>
>> Brent
>>
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