[WSBAPT] Question about requesting records from Apple and Google

Tue Oct 4 11:20:38 PDT 2022

Under my favorite law - the Uniform Access to Digital Assets Act - a
probate administrator is the easiest by the law does say "or court order"
meaning to me that it is not required to be a probate proceeding. Here is
the link to the statutory requirements to gain access.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.120.080

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On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 11:15 AM Candace Wilkerson <
cwilkerson at wongfleming.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> Does anyone know a way around opening a probate to obtain an order for a
> deceased person’s next of kin to obtain records from that person’s Icloud
> and Google accounts?  There was no power of attorney in effect before the
> person’s death, and the Decedent was an adult.  For various reasons, they
> don’t want to open a probate.
>
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> And, if there is a way to get around probate, how is such a request
> initiated; what sort of case needs to be filed?  This would be in King
> County.
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> Thanks for any thoughts.
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>
> Best,
>
> Candace Wilkerson
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