[WSBAPT] Probate for a Married Couple - Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration

Tue Apr 15 07:46:08 PDT 2025

I suggest you open the intestate probate and handle the transfers as required.  You also open the testate estate of widow as a separate matter and get Letters – not sure who is named PR given the husband is deceased.  If not named PR, it will be Letters of Administration with Will Annexed.  Seems the easiest, most economical and efficient to make sure all done correctly.

Dalynne Singleton
Dalynne Singleton
Gourley Law Group
Snohomish Escrow/The Exchange Connection
1002 10th Street / PO Box 1091
Snohomish, WA 98291
360.568.5065
360.568.8092  fax
dalynne at glgmail.com<mailto:dalynne at glgmail.com>   Website:  www.glglawgroup.com<http://www.glglawgroup.com/>
Attorney/client meetings will be handled virtually whenever possible.  If you would like to set a telephone conference, zoom, or in person meeting, please call or email one my paralegals Valerie valerie at glgmail.com<mailto:valerie at glgmail.com>, Kelly kelly at glgmail.com<mailto:kelly at glgmail.com>, or Theresa theresa at glgmail.com<mailto:theresa at glgmail.com>.  Attorney Spencer Clower & paralegal, Kristin Jacobs, for Estate litigation (spencer at glgmail.com<mailto:spencer at glgmail.com> and kristin at glgmail.com<mailto:kristin at glgmail.com>).  Carrie Ulrich and Candace Wilkerson, co-counsel in probate (carrie at glgmail.com<mailto:carrie at glgmail.com> and candace at glgmail.com<mailto:candace at glgmail.com> ).

LICENSED IN WASHINGTON.  IMPORTANT/CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail message (and any attachments accompanying it) may contain confidential information, including information protected by attorney-client privilege. The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s).  Delivery of this message to anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is not intended to waive any privilege or otherwise detract from the confidentiality of the message.  If you are not the intended recipient, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this transmission, rather, please promptly notify the sender by reply e-mail, and then destroy all copies of the message and its attachments, if any.
[cid:image001.gif at 01DBADDA.722D9FB0]   [cid:image002.png at 01DBADDA.722D9FB0] [cid:image003.png at 01DBADDA.722D9FB0]   [cid:image004.png at 01DBADDA.722D9FB0]

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Doris Eslinger
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2025 5:20 PM
To: wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com
Cc: wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com
Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Probate for a Married Couple - Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration

There are CD, IRA’s and bank accounts that either designated the wife as the beneficiary or have no beneficiary designation. I was hoping for the most efficient way to go about it. I think opening probate would be most efficient.

Doris

On Apr 14, 2025, at 1:53 PM, Bryce Dille <Bryce at dillelaw.com<mailto:Bryce at dillelaw.com>> wrote:

If it was all Community property so that the surviving spouse who died with the will received everything from her or his  deceased spouse why couldn't you do a affidavit of non probate as to the intestate spouses interest especially if all you had was family home or maybe one or two pieces of real estate I know this would satisfy the title company as  I have done it many times

Bryce H. Dille
Dille Law, PLLC
1800 Cooper Point Road SW Bldg 11
Olympia, WA 98502
Office: 360-350-0270
Cell: 253-579-5561

** Please note that I use the dictation feature of my iPhone and that sometimes everything I say does not get properly translated**

<image001.png>

This transmission contains confidential attorney-client communications and may not be disclosed to any person but the intended recipient(s).  If this matter is transmitted to you in error, please notify the sender immediately.

Business Entity Creation and Management, Business, Government and Tax Law, Real Estate and Land Use, Residential, Commercial and Condominium Development Real Estate and Commercial Transactions & Closings, Including Performing Services as IRS Section 1031 Exchange Facilitator Estate Planning, including Wills and Trusts, and Probate Administration Representation Homeowners/Condominium Association Real Estate Developments Real Property Foreclosures and Forfeitures.

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 Doris Eslinger
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2025 1:46 PM
To: wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] Probate for a Married Couple - Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration

Has anyone opened one probate in King County for a married couple when the husband died intestate and the wife died testate?  In this case, husband died intestate a year before the wife and probate was never opened for him and wife then died with a Will.   Everything goes to two adult children and no complications.  I prefer to open one probate matter for the two estates if it can be done easily.   I am afraid the court would reject it since the Court issues Letters of Administration for an intestate estate and a Letters Testamentary for a testate estate.  If that doesn’t work, then I will file separate petitions. Thank you in advance for any comments!

Regards,

Doris Eslinger
Attorney at Law
Eslinger Law Office, PLLC
2200 112th Ave NE, Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: (425) 451-3237

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This message and its attachments are intended only for the addressee.  Please do not forward this message to others without permission.  The information contained in this message is privileged, confidential, and protected by the attorney-client or attorney work product privileges.  Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, disclosure or use of such information is strictly prohibited.  If you are not the addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the delivery error by return e-mail or you may call our office at (425) 451-3237. Nothing in this message should be interpreted as a digital or electronic signature that can be used to authenticate a contract or other legal document.

***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***
_______________________________________________
WSBAPT mailing list
WSBAPT at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:WSBAPT at lists.wsbarppt.com>
http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20250415/0a5858f5/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 4337 bytes
Desc: image001.gif
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20250415/0a5858f5/image001.gif>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.png
Type: image/png
Size: 5410 bytes
Desc: image002.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20250415/0a5858f5/image002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.png
Type: image/png
Size: 6082 bytes
Desc: image003.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20250415/0a5858f5/image003.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image004.png
Type: image/png
Size: 5405 bytes
Desc: image004.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20250415/0a5858f5/image004.png>