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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Teresa, see:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>RCW 11.40.140<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Claim of personal representative—Presentation and petition—Filing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>If the personal representative has a claim against the decedent, the personal representative must present the claim in the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070 and petition the court for allowance or rejection. The petition must be filed under RCW 11.96A.080. This section applies whether or not the personal representative is acting under nonintervention powers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="Paul_Neumiller"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img width=375 height=225 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1E2A4.93A2D0D0"></span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Higgins<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2016 4:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Executor's Pre-death Expenses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Teresa--it seems to me this is not an estate expense but instead a debt of the decedent. His arrangement with his daughter was that when she came out to assist he paid the travel costs. This happened while he was alive and thus, when he died, he owed the last travel. Technically she has a claim against the estate. She should bill the estate in a manner which satisfies the creditor claim requirements and then pay herself with an estate check, the same as she pays the decedent's other bills and debts. Nonintervention, so no big deal.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Theresa Tilton <<a href="mailto:jdmama82@msn.com" target="_blank">jdmama82@msn.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Advice, please, concerning reimbursement of travel expenses:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Decedent is the executor's father. At her father's request, the executor travelled to Washington from the east coast to attend to her father during his last illness. Is it a legitimate expense of the estate to reimburse her for her travel expenses? If so, should it be considered as a medical expense? How else?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>The father had been in declining health for several years. In previous years, when she had travelled to help her father during times of his medical need, her father had reimbursed her travel expenses. Her two brothers live in California and they were not able to come to Washington at those times, so the brothers had no comparable expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Executor was medical POA and the estate is non-intervention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Thank you for considering my question.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Theresa Tilton, Port Orchard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">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><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mark T. Higgins<br>Mark T. Higgins, P.C.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>P.O. Box 57<br>Darrington, WA 98241<br>206-491-2420<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>