[WSBAPT] King County Clerk's Office Update

Mon Mar 28 12:48:25 PDT 2022

Fantastic, thank you Brent!

Sincerely,

Eric

Eric C. Nelsen
Sayre Law Offices, PLLC
1417 31st Ave South
Seattle WA 98144-3909
206-625-0092
eric at sayrelawoffices.com<mailto:eric at sayrelawoffices.com>

Covid-19 Update - All attorneys are working remotely during regular business hours and are available via email and by phone. Videoconferencing also is available. Signing of estate planning documents can be completed and will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Please direct mail and deliveries to the Seattle office.

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Brent Williams-Ruth
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2022 12:30 PM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] King County Clerk's Office Update

Eric -

Thank you for allowing me to be of service to you and our colleagues to answer these questions.

Here are the answers to your questions:

  *   How/where can we check to determine if we’re actually set for the day? The availability tool   https://dja-prd-ecexap1.kingcounty.gov/?q=epvccal
  *   How soon after filing can we check to determine if we’re actually set for that day? No sooner than 48 hours after filing
  *   If we do check and our case isn’t listed, do we just try again using the same system, or is there an alternative method? If you do not see your case on the availability tool, check the KC Script Portal to see if the event on the events panel or if CALENDAR FULL was added to the docket line entry of the sub number the notice of court date was filed
  *   What about working copies paid for the original hearing? I’m a bit concerned because I would like to not pay $30 for working copies every time I have to move a hearing; I’d like to be able to just move the working copies to the new date, if possible. You can email SCExParte at kingcounty.gov<mailto:SCExParte at kingcounty.gov> to have your working copies moved to the new date and do not need to pay again. If you catch this the same day you submitted your working copies, you can email eworkingcopies at kingcounty.gov<mailto:eworkingcopies at kingcounty.gov> and they can change the hearing date of your submission if they haven’t delivered it to the court yet.

Thank you again for the questions. Hoping we can get through this NEW "new normal" with relative ease.

Brent

Brent Williams-Ruth (pronouns: he/him)
Attorney-At-Law

Law Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC

Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal Way, WA 98003

**EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY** All mail sent through the USPS should be sent to the following address: PO BOX 3319; Federal Way, WA 98063

Office/Scheduling Phone: (253) 285-7751

Direct: (253) 285-7453

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On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 10:34 AM Eric Nelsen <eric at sayrelawoffices.com<mailto:eric at sayrelawoffices.com>> wrote:
Brent, thank you very much for investigating this. Is there any advice from the clerk’s office on how we can best manage this issue, to help them and help ourselves?

  *   How/where can we check to determine if we’re actually set for the day?
  *   How soon after filing can we check to determine if we’re actually set for that day?
  *   If we do check and our case isn’t listed, do we just try again using the same system, or is there an alternative method?
  *   What about working copies paid for the original hearing? I’m a bit concerned because I would like to not pay $30 for working copies every time I have to move a hearing; I’d like to be able to just move the working copies to the new date, if possible.

I learned something really helpful from Elanor’s post, about being able to see the case numbers of scheduled cases by hovering over the calendar date in the calendar availability tool—thanks Elanor! Maybe this is the answer about how/where to check on status?

So I just tried it—go to the availability tool, https://dja-prd-ecexap1.kingcounty.gov/?q=epvccal, plug in some dates, then when it shows the dates with “full” or “closed” or “X available”, hover the cursor over a date and it will show the case numbers scheduled for that date. I wish I had discovered this sooner!

Sincerely,

Eric

Eric C. Nelsen
Sayre Law Offices, PLLC
1417 31st Ave South
Seattle WA 98144-3909
206-625-0092
eric at sayrelawoffices.com<mailto:eric at sayrelawoffices.com>

Covid-19 Update - All attorneys are working remotely during regular business hours and are available via email and by phone. Videoconferencing also is available. Signing of estate planning documents can be completed and will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Please direct mail and deliveries to the Seattle office.

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> On Behalf Of Brent Williams-Ruth
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 7:38 AM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <WSBAPT at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:WSBAPT at lists.wsbarppt.com>>
Subject: [WSBAPT] King County Clerk's Office Update

Greeting List Members -

As many of you know, I am presently the 8th CD Governor for the WSBA Board of Governors. (official email for those activities are brentwr.bog at gmail.com<mailto:brentwr.bog at gmail.com>) but when I see posts that I can investigate into further, I do.

First, I am sorry to hear about the scheduling issues that is happening with the King County Courts and Clerk's Office.  I reached out to the Clerk's office to ask what is going on - not as to get any excuse but to truly get the word out to everyone who is working.

In short -they are swamped and overwhelmed. Between the "end" of the pandemic and the releasing of various moratoriums, the change in the Guardianship/Conservatorship law has caused a massive tidal wave of hearings.  In fact, there are FIFTEEN (15) open positions in the clerks office at this very moment that is causing part of the problem.

Bottom line from my conversation - this is going to be an issue for a while. Be extra vigilant when scheduling and verify verify verify.

The Courts are in a perfect storm right now and sadly, I will not be surprised to see more of the posts like we did from Elanor, Dalynne, Michael, et al.

I wish I had been able to get a work around, an absolute solution - but I also did not want to sit back and not share what I had learned.

Hoping everyone is having (or had) a great weekend.

Brent

Brent Williams-Ruth (pronouns: he/him)
Attorney-At-Law

Law Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC

Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal Way, WA 98003

**EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY** All mail sent through the USPS should be sent to the following address: PO BOX 3319; Federal Way, WA 98063

Office/Scheduling Phone: (253) 285-7751

Direct: (253) 285-7453

e-mail<mailto:Brent at Williams-RuthLaw.com> / website<http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/> / facebook<http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw> /
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