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

Tue Jul 2 15:47:43 PDT 2019

I agree.  I had to go to the clerk's office, have the person pull the original will and then go back to the courtroom and wait for that person to personally deliver the original will to the courtroom.  I was not given the original will to provide to the judge so my hearing was then heard last even though I had on the calendar to open the new probate.  It was very frustrating.

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Assuming King County, I have done the former. The biggest trick is getting the Will pulled and in front of the commissioner once it has been filed as a Will Only.

If you open probates by mail or some other variation of ex-parte via the clerk it may not be too difficult, but in-person it was a bunch of waiting for it to be pulled and hand carried down to ex-parte.

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

Listmates,

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?

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.

Many thanks in advance,
Sara

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