[WSBAPT] Who is entitled to Notice of Appointment/

[Eric Nelsen]

The PR's duty is only to exercise reasonable diligence to find those heirs. So depending on the size of the estate and the amount at stake, reasonable diligence might or might not require hiring an investigator or an heir search firm. If it's affordable, I would suggest doing that before filing the petition.

If someone can't be found, it's okay to just list an heir's address as "unknown" so long as the reaonable diligence standard is met.

Sincerely,

Eric

Eric C. Nelsen
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-----Original Message-----
From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Melinda Grout
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 5:05 PM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv
Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Who is entitled to Notice of Appointment/

Darn it, that's what I was thinking...  some of these can be very difficult four our clients to discover and locate.  Thanks.

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