[WSBAPT] IRA with "Estate" beneficiary, and RCW 11.62 small estate affidavit
Andrekita Silva
ak at seattle-silvalaw.com
Thu Mar 7 16:53:00 PST 2019
When I filed the Small Estate Affidavit, it was a filing fee of
$20.00, same as filing a Will Filing Only No probate.
I always put a caption on my Small Estate Affidavit, as if I were
going to file it, although I’m pretty confident I have never done so
in the past.
Like any other pleading filed, the court clerk gave me the cause #,
which was a probate action cause #, so 18-4- …. SEA
So, my caption:
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING
SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT
AFFIDAVIT OF -xxxx-- ( the beneficiary/ person handling the small
estate matter)
FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENT’S PROPERTY
Below that, I put the affidavit.
The Clerk did say " I can't remember if I've seen someone file one of
these .." but she didn't bat an eye and just went about the business
of taking it, giving me my cause #, and the stamp to conform the
copies I took. I actually had my client issue multiple originals as a
couple of the asset holders asked for the ORIGINAL affidavit. I don't
know why a straight up conformed copy would not have been good enough
but it was easy enough to accomodate the request.
andrekita
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-224-8288
www.seattle-silvalaw.com
Quoting Paul Neumiller <pneumiller at hotmail.com>:
> Andrekita, how did you file the Affidavit? Did you use a standard
> masthead, and if yes, who did you put as the parties? Was the cause
> number as a civil action or a probate action, or ??? Thanks, I’m
> just trying to figure out how you did this because I suspect the
> court clerks in my county would reject filing the Affidavit.
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> FROM: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com
> <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> ON BEHALF OF Andrekita Silva
> SENT: Thursday, March 7, 2019 2:35 PM
> TO: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> SUBJECT: Re: [WSBAPT] IRA with "Estate" beneficiary, and RCW 11.62
> small estate affidavit
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> I had a similar situation this past summer. I had a small estate
> and one of the asset holders of some stock options insisted on an
> EIN and insisted that the asset needed to be distributed to the
> estate, not the beneficiary.
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> After a few rounds of communication, explaining the whole purpose
> for the small affidavit procedure being to avoid the cost of
> probate), etc. and getting nowhere, I filed the small estate
> affidavit with the court.
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> I sent the conformed copy of the affidavit (with its cause number
> and date stamp received by courthouse) to the asset holder with a
> copy of the statute and again, explained the purpose of the statute.
> I do not ordinarily file the small estate affidavit with the court.
> But, in this case, it seemed to do the trick. The asset holder had
> many different versions of forms and finally came up with the one
> that addressed our situation.
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> So, if you haven’t filed the affidavit and gotten a cause number, try that.
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> andrekita
> Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
> 1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
> Seattle, Washington 98101
> 206-224-8288
> www.seattle-silvalaw.com[1]
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> Quoting Eric Nelsen <Eric at sayrelawoffices.com>:
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>> No, not based on the information I have from the custodian. It's
>> pretty clear that they want to (A) transfer the decedent's IRA
>> investments into an "Estate IRA" with an EIN tied to the Estate,
>> and then (B) let the PR direct them how to distribute the new
>> Estate IRA. They don't want to collapse the steps and allow direct
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>> [mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] ON BEHALF OF Jane Bitz
>> SENT: Thursday, March 07, 2019 11:29 AM
>> TO: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv
>> SUBJECT: Re: [WSBAPT] IRA with "Estate" beneficiary, and RCW 11.62
>> small estate affidavit
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>> essentially each heir claiming their 1/3 using the lack of probate
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>> FROM: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com
>> <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> ON BEHALF OF Eric Nelsen
>> SENT: Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:04 AM
>> TO: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv (wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com)
>> <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
>> SUBJECT: [WSBAPT] IRA with "Estate" beneficiary, and RCW 11.62
>> small estate affidavit
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>> Decedent had a small IRA that had the default "estate"
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>> Submitted a small estate affidavit directing distribution to
>> my client, for my client's account and also as agent for the other
>> two heirs. Obviously my client isn't the PR of the Estate, but just
>> a "successor" entitled to submit the affidavit, and also agent for
>> the other heirs per their authorizations.
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>> Custodian of the IRA refuses to distribute, because the
>> "Estate" is the beneficiary, and therefore there must be a PR
>> appointed who can receive the money on behalf of the "Estate."
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>> Is there no way around starting a probate in this scenario? I
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> andrekita
> Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
> 1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
> Seattle, Washington 98101
> 206-224-8288
> www.seattle-silvalaw.com[1]
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andrekita
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-224-8288
www.seattle-silvalaw.com
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