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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Richard, you have more courage and faith in a PR than I do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'>Thomas J. 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If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at 360-357-7400 or by e-mail to <a href="mailto:cjw@w3net.net"><span style='color:#44546A'>cjw@w3net.net</span></a>, and destroy the original message from your electronic files.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Wills<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Probate, no N/Creditors, close within 1 year?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Eric --- I've routinely opened & closed an estate within a week where the PR/client says that he or she is intimately aware of the D's financial situation, that D has no debts, that all expenses have been paid, & that Letters are needed for some reason or another. I've done this many times &, so far, have never had a problem with it.</b><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/25/2014 4:25 PM, Eric Nelsen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>PR elects not to publish N/Creditors, and wants to close estate short of the 2-year period. PR knows estate well and is certain there are no outstanding debts; all funeral, burial, medical, credit cards, etc., paid already, everything except for a house mortgage which is being paid by surviving spouse in the home.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think this is allowable. The risk to PR is of course that a creditor hasn't been provided for, and their claim is still good until 2 years after DOD. In theory that creditor could petition to re-open the estate and maybe file suit against PR for expense of re-opening in order to get in its claim, on the theory that the PR breached her/his fiduciary duties to ascertain creditors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But if PR has been advised and is willing to run that risk, why not just close the Estate?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone think otherwise? Is a PR absolutely prohibited from closing an estate within 2 years if no notice to creditors has been given?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eric C. 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