[WSBAPT] Obtaining SSN of decedent in probate

[Jayne Gilbert]

What was Diane's answer?

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 3:28 PM Douglas Owens <dougowens at seattlerelawyer.com>
wrote:

> Thank you, Diane.  Yours truly, Doug Owens
>
> > On Mar 15, 2022, at 2:16 PM, Diane J. Kiepe <DJKiepe at depdslaw.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > You may have already considered this but I would ask the parties related
> to the decedent to search through decedent's records for a tax return.  It
> is very interesting that the death certificate didn't have it - I've not
> encountered that before.
> >
> > The next step is to determine if the decedent had a bank account and if
> so then I might be inclined to ask the PR to ask for account opening
> information.  It seems whenever I opened a bank account I had to provide a
> social.  Third maybe a birth certificate request if US born.  None of these
> are legal solutions per se just maybe some steps to consider in the world
> where real life facts keep our practices always interesting and rarely the
> same.
> >
> > Good Luck.
> >
> > Diane J. Kiepe
> >
> > Diane J. Kiepe
> > Douglas Eden
> > 717 W. Sprague Ave.
> > Suite 1500
> > Spokane, WA  99201
> > djkiepe at depdslaw.com
> > 509-455-5300
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <
> wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Douglas Owens
> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 11:27 AM
> > To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> > Subject: [WSBAPT] Obtaining SSN of decedent in probate
> >
> > Dear listmates, can anyone help with how to obtain the social security
> number of a probate decedent whose death certificate does not contain that
> information?  Thank you.  Yours truly, Doug Owens
> >
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