[WSBAPT] Information on death certificates?

Wed Jun 29 12:40:24 PDT 2022

In my experience, the process for correcting a death certificate depends on
what information you are trying to correct and who is making the
correction. The informant (listed on the death certificate) can correct
most demographic information pretty easily - including marital status.
Other family members can correct demographic information, but not marital
status. I would assume that the information re profession came from the
informant.

Here is more information:
https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/vital-records/how-correct-record/correcting-death-certificates/correcting-demographic-information-death-certificates

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:22 AM Dalynne Singleton <dalynne at glgmail.com>
wrote:

> I encountered this issue and fought back hard when a surviving girlfriend
> was listed as surviving spouse on death certificate.  Three hearings later
> and attorney fees/costs, we were able to get a corrected death certificate
> by court order.
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> Fellow attorney, Mark McClure, represented the son of the girlfriend and
> decedent father (served as PR) and I represented the daughter of the
> decedent.  First place to start is the department of licensing and use the
> form on the back of the death certificate.  Review the rules online to see
> what you can and cannot do with a change this way OR whether you will need
> a court order, as was in our case.
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> *From:* wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <
> wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Anna Cashman
> *Sent:* Friday, June 24, 2022 9:29 AM
> *To:* WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [WSBAPT] information on death certificates?
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> You can correct death certificates with the Department of Health:
> https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/vital-records/how-correct-record/correcting-death-certificates
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> Very curious what the profession was listed as 😊
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> *From:* wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <
> wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Lynn Clare
> *Sent:* Friday, June 24, 2022 9:23 AM
> *To:* WSBA Probate & Trust listserve <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* [WSBAPT] information on death certificates?
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> Client's father's death certificate contains what is surely a joke about
> his "profession at the time of his death".  It's not going to change
> anything, but the client asked where the information had come from - and I
> realized I don't know.
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> Who supplies the information that gets incorporated into the death
> certificate?  What if there is a crucial mistake (date of birth or wife's
> name or something) that needs to be corrected?
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> Lynn Clare
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