[WSBAPT] NIP, Heir/Beneficiary has disappeared, Plan for closing.

[Brent Williams-Ruth]

List Members -

This is a twist on a prior post that I made and just looking for either
confirmation of my plan or advice on how to do it better.

I have an estate in King County.  One of the two heirs who is a 50/50 of
the residual has pulled away from his family entirely. No known forwarding
address.  Engaged a search company that has had zero luck confirming a new
location or contact. My executor is talking with the extended family and
has called every number anyone has provided as a possible lead.

My question - how to close with the idea of giving the Executor the
breathing room that he could not come forward years from now and claim
problems for lack of notice.

Here is my thought.  Even though we have NIP, we should just set a hearing
date far enough into the future and have a closing hearing.  Then get an
order, supported by declarations from the search company and my Executor
detailing their diligent efforts to find our beneficiary, allowing us to
publish the final hearing for six weeks in the local legal newspaper.

Have the hearing, get the order closing, have the Court instruct as to what
should be done with this beneficiaries share, and be done with it.

Is this being too conservative? I would love to just use the Declaration of
Completion but if I have no idea where this beneficiary is located, I fear
the ramifications if he decides to come out of the woodwork years from
now.

Thank you!
Brent

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