[WSBAPT] Converting a will-only filing to a probate

[Krista MacLaren]

Sara,

I just did this recently.  If the will was filed and you need to open a probate, you use the same case number, go to the clerk’s office and pay the filing fee for probate, and request that the will be brought out, which you pick up from the records counter.  They may not just give it to you, but have it brought down for you to ex Parte.

Krista J. MacLaren
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> On Jul 2, 2019, at 3:10 PM, Sara D. Longley <sara at longley-law.pro> wrote:
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> Listmates,
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> I have a super-basic question for a situation I have simply not encountered before:  What is the process for converting a will-only filing into a probate?  Do I file the probate under the same cause number and pay the probate filing fee, or do I file a new case and move to merge them, or what?
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> I’m not finding the answer in the statute or in my probate policy & procedure manual and I don’t know where else to look.
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> Many thanks in advance,
> Sara
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