<div dir="ltr">Well, there is no contact with his mother, so I cant get an agreement from her.  Can I just put both the dad and the stepmom - or should it be just the dad? He is just emotionally distraught (suicide) and so the stepmom wants to do it all.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Heather deVrieze <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heatherd@westseattlelaw.com" target="_blank">heatherd@westseattlelaw.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Adria Vondra<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 20, 2016 1:33 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Stepmom be administrator of intestate estate?<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a decedent that died intestate.  Can his stepmom be the administrator of the estate or must it be the dad?<br clear="all">
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