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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Forum Members:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am seeking Washington authority on these facts: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Testator’s will makes specific gift of coin collection to devisee. Collection is stolen before Testator’s death but is insured. However, Testator dies without filing the insurance claim but Executor has now done so. Executor intends to give the insurance proceeds to the devisee of the collection. I have not seen the will but client is asking who gets the insurance money. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Reutlinger in Washington Law of Wills and Intestate Succession is a bit unclear to me as to whether Washington allows the specific devisee receive the insurance proceeds.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve looked at the Washington ademption decisions and not found clear guidance. I am aware other states have statutes that would give the specific devisee the insurance proceeds (such as New York).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for any information you may provide.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David D. Spencer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1621 Lake Mount Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Snohomish, WA 98290<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>T 206.650.7048 or 360.862.9101<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>F 206.508.3999<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:spencer@davidspencerlaw.com"><span lang=FR>spencer@davidspencerlaw.com</span></a><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:spencerlaw@hotmail.com"><span lang=FR>spencerlaw@hotmail.com</span></a><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.davidspencerlaw.com/"><span lang=FR>www.davidspencerlaw.com</span></a> <span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) or entity(s) named within the message. This e-mail might contain legally privileged and confidential information. If you properly received this e-mail as a client or retained expert, please hold it in confidence to protect the attorney-client or work product privileges. Should the intended recipient forward or disclose this message to another person or party, that action could constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited by the sender and to do so might constitute a violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. section 2510-2521. If this communication was received in error we apologize for the intrusion. Please notify us by reply e-mail and delete the original message without reading same. Nothing in this e-mail message shall, in and of itself, create an attorney-client relationship with the sender.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>