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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark is right on the mark. The answer is NONE.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Howard Herman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Higgins<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 3, 2014 4:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Garnishment Served on Personal Representative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Kokie--I've never dealt with this nor am I a "garnishment" expert. However, it seems to me some simple logic applies:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>1. the statute you cite by its terms does not apply to estate beneficiaries and so can be ignored.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>2. the beneficiary does not own the property in the estate, and until the estate Is wrapped up it is unclear what property goes to the beneficiaries. Admin expenses and debts of the decedent trump the beneficiaries, and this is a moving target until the very end.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>3. Therefore the PR's answer to the writ <u>must</u> be that the PR at the time of service of the writ has no property of the beneficiary. I think the beneficiary might have an expectancy, but that does not rise to the level of property ownership by the beneficiary, which property is held by the PR.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> At least that is how it seems to me. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Kokie Adams <<a href="mailto:Kadams@purcelladams.com" target="_blank">Kadams@purcelladams.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Has anyone dealt with a Writ of Garnishment served on the PR by a claimant who is owed money by an heir of the estate? RCW 6.27.050 allows garnishment of an executor for money due from a decedent to a defendant – but was this meant to apply to the inheritance an heir is to receive from the decedent? What if there is no cash in the estate at the time the garnishment was served, only real property. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Any insight would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kokie Adams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Purcell & Adams, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>7127 - 196th Street S.W.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Suite 201<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Lynnwood, WA 98036<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="tel:425.774.0444" target="_blank">425.774.0444</a> (phone)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="tel:425.771.2711" target="_blank">425.771.2711</a> (fax)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="mailto:kadams@purcelladams.com" target="_blank">kadams@purcelladams.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#00B050'>E-mail is a sustainable communication tool. 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