[WSBAPT] Lack of probate affidavit for WA property

[Suzanne Lieberman]

Hello,

PC is an adult on SSI whose sibling, who was the PR for the probate in
California, where most of the assets were held, closed probate in that
state a few months ago. 3 siblings are only beneficiaries of decedent mom's
estate in will, with everything split equally.

All creditor claims have been paid (decedent died in January 2019), and now
client wants to see if she can do a lack of probate affidavit for the house
in WA where she currently resides (not called out in will).The siblings
want to give her their shares of the house. We would need to set up a SNT
for the client for the CA proceeds and for the WA house.

The question is whether we can do a LOPA for the WA property or whether an
ancillary probate (or full probate minus the creditor claim period) needs
to be opened here (and CA probate reopened?), and whether PC can hire us to
do this or whether it needs to be handled by the sibling PR in California.

Sincerely,

Suzanne Lieberman
CMS Law Firm LLC <http://cmslawfirm.com/>
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