<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">My practice is never, ever, just notarize or witness someone’s Will that I haven’t written - only exception if I know the person, and/or they are willing to pay me for an hour of my time to sit with them as if a new client, discuss their estate, needs, wishes, etc, and at the end it is my opinion that the document is appropriate - only did this way once.<div><br></div><div>When I do witness a Will, it is one I have written, and I have no problem being one of the witnesses in that circumstance.</div><div><br></div><div>Melinda</div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Regards,<br><br>Melinda Grout<br>Law Office of Melinda K Grout, PS<br>17325 W. Main Street / P.O. Box 1360<br>Monroe, WA 98272<br>360-794-4322 / Fax: 425-744-6745</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Emphasizing Estate Planning, Probate, and Elder Law<br><a href="http://mkgroutlaw.com">mkgroutlaw.com</a><br><br>NOTE: <br>1. This office does not accept service of pleadings or process service by e-mail or fax except with the express prior permission of the intended recipient.<br>2. This email address is not monitored at all times. If your matter is urgent, please phone my office.<br>3. I do not use encrypted email. Messages sent to or from my office via email are not secure.<br>4. This email may contain confidential material protected by attorney/client privilege, and is intended for use solely by the above referenced recipient. Any review, copying, printing, disclosure, distribution, or other use is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the named recipient, or may have received this email in error, please reply to sender and delete the copy you received. <br>5. This message does not provide any legal advice, imply an attorney-client relationship, and does not contain the signature of the sender or any other party. You are not a client of this law firm unless you have paid a retainer and signed an attorney/client agreement for representation on a particular matter.<br><br><br></div></div></div></div>
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