[WSBAPT] Advice re uncooperative heir

[Suzanne Lieberman]

Hello,

We have a client (sister of decedent), PR of intestate estate, whose only
heir was missing at the beginning of probate, found 2 months in. He has
been in and out of jail/on and off the streets, etc and agreed to accept a
cell phone from my client (spent one night with her) - and now wants
nothing to do with his inheritance or his aunts/remaining family.  He is
inheriting about $900k.

Client wants to attempt to do an assignment of interest and receipt/waiver
for him per his original wishes but he is in and out of Uplift (homeless
assistance in Seattle) and at the moment the staff there with the most
contact says he won't sign anything - but he still doesn't want his money.
Anyone know what should be done at this point to break this stalemate? Does
the PR just need to keep trying to get him to either take the money or
assign his interest however long that takes or can the court get involved?

Sincerely,

Suzanne Lieberman
CMS Law Firm LLC <http://cmslawfirm.com/>
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Kirkland, WA 98033
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