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<b>This is not new.</b><b><br>
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</b><b>Around five years ago, I had a PR client whose mother had
died the day before & several weeks before then had signed a
REPSA such that the closing of the sale of her home was in a
couple of days. The buyer learned that the seller had died &
threatened to rescind the purchase if the sale would not close as
scheduled. My client (D's son & the named PR in D's Will)
wanted the probate to open immediately so he could get appointed
as PR & close the sale as scheduled.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>I prepared the documents, drove to Everett, met with the
client, got him to sign the docs, & presented them ex parte.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>"Not so fast," said the Comm'r. "This looks funny, applying
for Letters the day after Decedent died. I want a Death
Certificate." Both the client & I explained the situation,
& that he might lose the sale if he could not obtain authority
to convey D's home, when & as she had ag</b><b>reed to do.</b><b>
I begged; I pleaded; I cajoled.<br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>"No," said the Comm'r. "I've ruled. I want a Death
Certificate.</b><b>"<br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>I walked to the Snoho Board of Health, a couple of blocks
away, ordered a Death Certificate (which they had yet to receive
from the funeral home), obtained it two days later, submitted it
to the Court, got Letters, & the sale closed as scheduled, by
a hair's breath in time.<br>
<br>
Yea, Snoho Board of Health; boo, Snoho Comm'r.</b><br>
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</b><b>In opening several thousand probates over the last ten years
in WA, this was the only time that I can remember in which I was
asked for a Death Cert by the Court.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>In the 1970s-80s, I practiced in CA, & then & there,
as I recall, a Death Cert was required to open a probate.</b><b><br>
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On 1/16/2015 11:49 AM, J A Cyphers wrote:<br>
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<div>Was in Snohomish County Ex Parte Dept A this
morning to probate a will. Decedent died Jan 9 so we
don't have the death certificates yet.</div>
<div>Commissioner wanted to see the death certificate
before she would sign an order. Wanted more than a
verified petition. She was willing to take a
published obituary or funeral or cremation bill as
proof. But I didn't not the bills and there was no
obituary published.</div>
<div>So have to do it again once the death certificate
is issued. They did not want the death certificate
filed; just wanted to see it.</div>
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<div>Bottom Line: Now need to show the death
certificate in Snohomish County also.</div>
<div>I would love to know what happened that the Courts
decided they wanted independent proof of death before
probating the will.</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3">Jackie Cyphers</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">Jeannette A.
Cyphers, Attorney at Law</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">P. O. Box 908 </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">Edmonds, WA
98020-0908</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">425-776-5887</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">fax 425-640-0814</font></div>
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