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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jayne--I started to answer quickly, then discovered it's more difficult than I thought. I do think the exact language of the bequest is critical, because determination
of whether the gift is or is not a class gift resolves the question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If Jeb disclaims, he's considered to have predeceased the decedent, per
<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.86&full=true#11.86.041">11.86.041(1)</a>. So your question is I think, what's the interpretation of the gift of the home between (a) class gift and (b) antilapse statute,
<a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.12.110">RCW 11.12.110</a>. But if uncle has no issue, then antilapse is irrelevant--it can only preserve uncle's share for his (non-existent) lineal descendants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So: Is this language a class gift, or no?
<u>See</u> <u>Peck v. Peck</u>, 76 Wash. 548, 552, 137 P. 137 (1913). I don't think it is, which means that Jeb's one-half share falls to the residue clause of the Will or, if none, passes by laws of intestacy.
<u>See</u> <u>In re Sims' Estate</u>, 39 Wn.2d 288, 235 P.2d 204 (1951); <u>See generally</u> 6 William H. Page, PAGE ON THE LAW OF WILLS ch. 50 (2003 ed.); Thomas E. Atkinson, HANDBOOK ON THE LAW OF WILLS ยง140 (2d ed. 1953).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jayne Gilbert<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 02, 2015 9:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Disclaimer-Anti-Lapse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <u>Article Six</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Specific Bequests of Property<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. To my son Jeb my burial plots at XYZ;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. To my son Jeb and Ted my home @ ABC; and<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. To my daughters Jane and Mary the contents of my home.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Ted is a Grandchild<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Katharine P. Bauer <<a href="mailto:kpb@bpblegal.com" target="_blank">kpb@bpblegal.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What is the actual bequest language?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Oct 1, 2015 7:25 PM, "Jayne Gilbert" <<a href="mailto:jgilbertatty@gmail.com" target="_blank">jgilbertatty@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mother/Grandmother Dies Testate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Under an Article entitled "Specific Gifts" An uncle and nephew are given a house. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The uncle disclaims. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The uncle has no issue <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">QP: Does the Uncle's 1/2 interest go by way of the ante lapse statute or does the nephew inherit the house?<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jayne Marsh Gilbert<o:p></o:p></p>
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