[WSBAPT] Authority of Co-Personal Representatives

[Doug Schafer]

Extract from Bus. Fin. Corp. v. Knoll, No. 73407-5-I (Wash. App. May 23, 2016)

Co-personal representatives of a
nonintervention estate are subject to the same
laws as co-trustees. RCW 11.68.095. One cotrustee
alone may not encumber trust property
unless the other co-trustee consents or delegates
his power. RCW 11.98.070; Cornett et al. v. West,
102 Wash. 254, 261, 173 P.44 (1918).

On 7/25/2024 13:46, Mark Anderson wrote:
>
> Dear All:
>
> Decedent died intestate.  Son and Daughter are appointed as 
> Co-Administrators of the Decedent's Estate.  Unbeknownst to Daughter, Son 
> receives a (predatory) postcard offering to buy the Decedent's house 
> (ugh).  Without consulting Daughter, Son signs a "Real Estate Purchase 
> Agreement – Escrow Instructions."  Daughter finds out after the fact and 
> is upset that she was not even consulted about this.  (There are other 
> issues involving the enforceability of the document that Son signed, but 
> that is not the subject of this particular post.)
>
> The Order appointing Co-Administrators is silent as to the authority for 
> either Co-Administrator to independently bind the Estate.  Is there a 
> statute or case law that speaks to this?
>
> Thanks.
>
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