<div dir="ltr">This is always a question I discuss with clients...and put in the Will. Of course, we don't always get to probate only our own Wills!!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Krista MacLaren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kjm.inc@mac.com" target="_blank">kjm.inc@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Personally, I think it is reasonable for the estate to pay it if the Will or separate writing gives an item to a person who lives far away, but I have never put this before the court. It seems like if the Will directs something, then it also implicitly directs the authority to make it happen. <div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Gerald Sprute wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Calibri;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Probate gurus,<br> <br>Who is responsible for paying for the cost of shipping personal items to an heir? Is it the beneficiary receiving the property, or is this considered an administrative cost of distributing assets and thus borne by the estate? The Will is silent on this issue.<br> <br>Jerry Sprute<br><br>Law Office of Gerald A. Sprute<br>P.O. Box 1657<br>Duvall, WA 98019<br>Tel: <a href="tel:%28425%29%20892-4079" value="+14258924079" target="_blank">(425) 892-4079</a><br>Fax: <a href="tel:%28425%29%20844-9151" value="+14258449151" target="_blank">(425) 844-9151</a><br><a href="http://www.sprutelaw.com" target="_blank">www.sprutelaw.com</a><br><br><br><br> <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><blockquote><b><span style="color:blue;font-size:7.5pt">Confidentiality Notice:</span></b><span style="color:blue;font-size:7.5pt"><span> </span>The information contained in this communication is Confidential and may also be Attorney-Privileged.</span><span style="color:olive;font-size:10pt"></span><br><span style="color:olive;font-size:10pt"></span> <br><font size="1"><span style="color:blue;font-size:7.5pt"><font face="Palatino Linotype"><font color="#000040">The information contained in this communication is intended for the individual or entity <span>to</span><span> </span>whom it is addressed.<span> <span> </span></span></font></font></span></font><span style="color:blue;font-size:7.5pt"><font color="#000040" face="Palatino Linotype" size="1">If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that unauthorized viewing, dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmission is in violation of the Electric Communications Privacy Act of 1986 as well as the Domestic and International Laws and Treaties. <span><span> </span></span>If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify Gerald Sprute by telephone at <a href="tel:425.892.4079" value="+14258924079" target="_blank">425.892.4079</a> and delete it from your system.</font> </span><br></blockquote><br> </div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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