[WSBAPT] King County Hearing

[Heather de Vrieze]

Can the probate be opened Ex-Parte via the clerk, or does it require a hearing. If there are no parties requiring notice, you should be able to file, if there is a Will, get it mailed to the Court, submit your order and pay the ex-parte fee, and get an answer back within the next few days.

Of course, if you need to note it for a hearing, it is simply taking time and the calendar being full is the main reason.

Heather

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From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Amy Goertz
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 11:34 AM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] King County Hearing

Good morning,

I have a new probate to open in King County - Kent. Looking at the King County website today, it looks like hearings are by Zoom only and all of the hearings are booked to capacity until October 18.

For those of you who practice over there regularly, what have you found is the most expeditious way to open a probate?  Ex Parte via clerk or book a zoom hearing a month out or ???

This should be fairly straightforward but I do have a couple small issues that will require explaining, which I can certainly do in the petition.

I appreciate your input -
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Amy

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