[WSBAPT] Probate Question RCW 11.28.120

[Tracie Wall]

Dear Colleagues:

As you know, RCW 11.28.120 sets out the priority of persons who can be appointed as an Administrator of deceased person's estate that dies intestate.

In this case there is no surviving spouse.  My question is whether the second next of kin (father of deceased) is required to wait 40 days to apply for Letters if he does not have a waiver from the first next of kin (child)?  It seems like if the second person having priority is required to wait 40 days then it is a race to the courthouse and he/she is not really given priority at all.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.


Tracie L. Wall | Attorney | CPA (Inactive) |VA Accredited
Licensed in Washington and Wisconsin

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