[WSBAPT] Intestate Lineal Descendants of siblings

[Amy Goertz]

The estate would leave one share of 25% each to the four siblings. Each child of a deceased sibling would share his or mom’s share (25%}, so if one has two kids and the other 5, the two each get 12.5% and the five each get 5%. 

Sent from Amy's iPhone, which spells as it pleases and is not grammar correctly. 

> On May 29, 2019, at 3:57 PM, Jennifer Modak <jennifer at modaklaw.com> wrote:
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> Hi All
> I have a probate where the descendant had no children or spouse, has two living sisters, and two deceased sisters with descendants. I want to make sure that I am reading the statute that the deceased siblings' children would take as issue (remote kinship). 
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> RCW 11.02.005
> (8) "Issue" means all the lineal descendants of an individual. 
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> RCW 11.04.015. Descent
> 2(c) If the intestate not be survived by issue or by either parent, then to those issue of the parent or parents who survive
> the intestate; if they are all in the same degree of kinship to the intestate, they shall take equally, or, if of unequal degree,
> then those of more remote degree shall take by representation.
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