[WSBAPT] Who is entitled to Notice of Appointment/

[Setareh Mahmoodi]

Melinda,

I would suggest hiring an heir search company, they are not that expensive.
This would most likely (not knowing specifics of your case) satisfy due
diligence required of PR.

Setareh

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Eric Nelsen <Eric at sayrelawoffices.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
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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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