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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>If you are going by Declaration of Completion, you may have to modify the language a bit -- removing language that recites publication, etc. Also, I would have the PR sign a written disclosure that he/she understands the personal liability that may attach should any creditor file within the statutory period.<BR> <BR><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><BR> <BR><br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: Eric@sayrelawoffices.com<br>To: wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:25:36 +0000<br>Subject: [WSBAPT] Probate, no N/Creditors, close within 1 year?<br><br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">But if PR has been advised and is willing to run that risk, why not just close the Estate?</p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal">Anyone think otherwise? Is a PR absolutely prohibited from closing an estate within 2 years if no notice to creditors has been given?</p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Eric C. Nelsen</span></p>
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