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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yep. That’s it. Thank you. –Paul Neumiller <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Fry<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 6, 2016 3:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Re-Opened Probate and Old Creditor Claims<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>Here is a Div. 2 appellate case that holds merely filing a creditor’s claim does not toll the SOL on the claim, and therefore, one claims can be barred by SOL despite the fact that a creditor claim filed in probate has never been accepted or rejected by the PR. I think this case may be on point for your facts.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;text-align:center;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;text-align:center;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>In re Estate of Henington, 182 Wn. App. 534 (Div 2 2014)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;font-variant:small-caps;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FFF099'>Creditor</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>'s Claims</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.3pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='color:#0077CC'>WA[1-5]</span><span style='color:#0077CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D1C00B.B9DCE5D0" alt="https://advance.lexis.com/images/IconNavigateUp.png"></span></a> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>[1-5] ¶8 Mr. Wills argues that the trial court erred when it dismissed Mr. Bradley's </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FFF099'>creditor</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>'s claims as time barred. We hold that the mere filing of a </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FFF099'>creditor</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>'s claim in a </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FFF099'>probate</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'> case, without any further action by the claimant or the PR, does not toll the statute of limitations.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.3pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>¶9 In order to resolve this case, we rely on interrelated statutes from chapter 4.16 RCW and chapter 11.40 RCW. In so doing, we find that the meaning of each of the applicable statutes is plain on its face.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.3pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>¶10 </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>“Statutory interpretation involves questions of law that we review de novo. In construing a statute, the court's objective is to determine the legislature's intent.” <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><i><span style='color:#0077CC'>State v. Jacobs</span></i><span style='color:#0077CC'>, 154 Wn.2d 596, 600, 115 P.3d 281 (2005)</span></a> (citation omitted). “‘[I]f the statute's meaning is plain on its face, then the court must give effect to that plain meaning as an expression of legislative intent.’” <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><i><span style='color:#0077CC'>Jacobs</span></i><span style='color:#0077CC'>, 154 Wn.2d at 600</span></a> (alteration in original) (quoting <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><i><span style='color:#0077CC'>Dep't of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn, LLC</span></i><span style='color:#0077CC'>, 146 Wn.2d 1, 9-10, 43 P.3d 4 (2002))</span></a>. “[T]he plain meaning is … derived from what the Legislature has said in its enactments, but that meaning is discerned from all that the Legislature has said in the statute and related statutes which disclose legislative intent about the provision in question.” <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><i><span style='color:#0077CC'>Campbell & Gwinn</span></i><span style='color:#0077CC'>, 146 Wn.2d at 11</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.3pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>¶11 <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#0077CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RCW 4.16.200</span></a> provides: “Limitations on actions against a person who dies before the expiration of the time otherwise limited for commencement thereof are as set forth in chapter 11.40 RCW.” A </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FFF099'>creditor</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'> must then follow the claims procedures established in chapter 11.40 RCW or be forever barred from making a claim or commencing an action against the decedent. However, if the claim or action is barred by other applicable statutes, it cannot be pursued.</span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> [539] </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'> “An otherwise applicable statute of limitations applies without regard to the tolling provisions of<a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#0077CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RCW 4.16.190</span></a>.”<a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><b><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#4F7B00;border:solid #77B800 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt;background:white;text-decoration:none'>1<img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01D1C00B.B9DCE5D0" alt="Link to the text of the note"></span></b></a> <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#0077CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RCW 11.40.051(2)</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.3pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>¶12 Contrary to the PR's argument, when read together, this statutory scheme does not state that the filing of a </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FFF099'>creditor</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>'s claim tolls the statute of limitations.<a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><b><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#4F7B00;border:solid #77B800 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt;background:white;text-decoration:none'>2<img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.png@01D1C00B.B9DCE5D0" alt="Link to the text of the note"></span></b></a> Rather, it affirmatively states that limitations on actions apply to chapter 11.40 RCW: Claims Against Estate. <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#0077CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RCW 4.16.200</span></a>;<a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#0077CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RCW 11.40.051(2)</span></a>. Therefore, we hold that the statute of limitations is not tolled by the mere filing of a </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FFF099'>creditor</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>'s claim against an estate.<a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><b><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#4F7B00;border:solid #77B800 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt;background:white;text-decoration:none'>3<img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image002.png@01D1C00B.B9DCE5D0" alt="Link to the text of the note"></span></b></a>Tolling occurs when an action is commenced against an estate. <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#0077CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RCW 4.16.170</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.3pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'>¶13 In so ruling, we note that neither the PR nor Mr. Bradley acted on the claims after they were filed in May 2008. The PR did not at any time allow or reject the claim. Mr. Bradley did not serve written notice on the PR or petition the court for a hearing on the matter. </span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#373739;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>See</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#373739'> <a href="https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5b825fdb-b248-4928-a10e-d7d088360a58&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CR6-0YS1-F04M-B13V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdshepid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5CPY-RHP1-DXC7-F1GC-00000-00&pdteaserkey=sr1&ecomp=bnLhk&earg=sr1&prid=04fbf445-8351-4de3-93fa-f97ce1d6975f"><span style='font-family:inherit;color:#0077CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RCW 11.40.080(2)</span></a>. Approximately four years of inaction elapsed before the court declared the claims time barred.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Marcus J. Fry</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Lyon, Weigand & Gustafson, P.S. <br>Adoption Attorney*</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>P.O. 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BUT, if there are no assets to pay it, then it is still a valid claim but sorry, can't be paid. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Waiting 6 years later and re-opening the estate with estate assets becoming available, it is still a valid claim. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>But here, we have a creditor's claim made and no action - no acceptance or rejection by the estate. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>If the claim is for less than $1,000, then whether accepted or rejected, by holding it, it is allowed. 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Happy beautiful Friday afternoon. I need to reopen a long-standing, neglected, and troubled probate in order to sell an asset by having the clerk re-issue the letters testamentary. Probate was opened in 2004. In reviewing the file online, I see some creditor claims filed in 2005 which I strongly doubt were paid. Probate was administratively closed by court clerk in 2012 because of lack of activity and neglect. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do I need to be worried about the creditor claims? Are they still valid? Client would like to open the probate, get new letters, sell the asset, and then close the probate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="Paul_Neumiller"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><img border=0 width=375 height=225 id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D1C00B.B9DCE5D0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>