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<DIV>I agree with Elizabeth Batemen's analysis.</DIV>
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<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><B>RCW
11.12.120</B></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><STRONG></STRONG><o:p></o:p> </P>
<DIV>(1) If a will makes a gift to a person on the condition that the person
survive the testator and the person does not survive the testator, then,
<STRONG>unless otherwise provided</STRONG>, the gift lapses....</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Here, the testator did "otherwise provide" by stating:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><FONT color="#000000">“I give all of
my property and estate to be equally divided between my children, A, B and C,
<U>per capita</U>.” (Emphasis in original.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><FONT color="#000000">I
think the "per capita" language, especially because it was emphasized in the
Will, dictates that the surviving siblings take, and the grandchild does
not. Instead of using "per capita," the drafter of the Will could
have said, "I give all of my property and estate to be equally apportioned among
my children, A, B and C, and if any of them should predecease me, then what
the deceased child would have received is to be apportioned equally among the
surviving siblings." Unless I am mistaken, is that not the same as saying
"per capita" in this instance?
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<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;'>I’m
not so sure. As I read the statute, saying per capita is “providing
otherwise”… if the will had said “per stirpes” or “by right of representation”
or even if it has said nothing, the grandchild would take. But here the
testator provided otherwise and by using a word that is <B><U>not</U></B>
commonly used in wills, and in the absence of a scrivener’s error, C’s child
is, unfortunately, out. The lapse is never triggered under RCW 11.12.120
(1) for it to be saved by the anti-lapse statute. If there is a clear
mistake by the drafter or by the testator that you can establish, you could
use RCW 11.96A.125 to do a post mortem amendment of that language, but absent
that sort circumstance, you are stuck, and A and B each take
half.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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any event, you will be better off in the long run if you ask the court to
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<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;'>I
agree with your analysis. “Per capita” does not affect the anti-lapse
provisions. From what I can divine from other parts of the Will and
anecdotes from family, testator (and the drafting attorney) probably did
intend for everything to go to his children only, but this section and other
sections of the Will were not written very clearly and I think the result is
1/3 each to A,B and C, as you have concluded.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>The
phrase “per capita” doesn’t automatically mean you can ignore the anti-lapse
statue. Per capita and per stirpes are methods for describing how inheritances
are to be apportioned. It is not a method for answering the question of what
happens when a person predeceases the testator. That is left to the anti-lapse
statute. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>My
understanding is that the gift would actually go to A and B and the child of
C, with all of them getting one-third share. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>That
being said, you could certainly make the argument as to the testator’s intent
precluding the anti-lapse statute. But I don’t think you’ve got an easily
settled case that A & B get everything equally.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal">This is my understanding:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class="MsoNormal">If the Will says <U>Per Capita,</U> then the distribution
would go to A and B equally. As Tom said, there is no lapsed gift because he
put <U>Per Capita</U> in his Will.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class="MsoNormal">C's child must get notice of the probate as he/she is an
heir at law by right of representation and notice is required to all heirs at
law in Washington. <o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:55 AM, James B. Dolan <<A
title="mailto:jbdolan@jbdolan.com" href="mailto:jbdolan@jbdolan.com" target="_blank">jbdolan@jbdolan.com</A>>
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<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Colleagues:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Somewhat chagrined to ask the following . .
. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Decedent’s Will states in Article
pertaining to family:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“I am the single father of three children,
A, B, and C. The provisions of this Will shall apply to my child(sic)
named above, and their issue and any children who may be hereafter born to
or adopted by me.”</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Decedent’s Will states in Article
pertaining to disposition of property:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“I give all of my property and estate to be
equally divided between my children, A, B and C, <U>per capita</U>.”
(Emphasis in original.) That’s it - no other conditions regarding
beneficiaries are stated.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">A and B are alive, C predeceased decedent,
leaving one child.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><B>RCW
11.12.120</B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><B>Lapsed
gift—Procedure and proof.</B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">(1)
If a will makes a gift to a person on the condition that the person survive
the testator and the person does not survive the testator, then, unless
otherwise provided, the gift lapses and falls into the residue of the estate
to be distributed under the residuary clause of the will, if any, but
otherwise according to the laws of descent and distribution.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">(2)
If the will gives the residue to two or more persons, the share of a person
who does not survive the testator passes, unless otherwise provided, and
subject to RCW <A title="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.12.110"
href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.12.110"
target="_blank">11.12.110</A>, to the other person or persons receiving the
residue, in proportion to the interest of each in the remaining part of the
residue.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The “per capita” language is giving me
pause, and I have talked with two different attorneys who have offered two
different opinions.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Question 1: does estate get divided between
A and B only (1/2 each), or does estate get divided between A, B, and child
of C (1/3 each)?</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Question2: regardless of answer to Question
1, does C’s child receive notice of the probate?</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank you for your
insights.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jim Dolan</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><B><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jones Butler Dolan,
PS</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><U><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><A title="http://www.jbdolan.com/" href="http://www.jbdolan.com"
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<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><U><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><A title="http://www.jonesbutlerdolan.com/"
href="http://www.jonesbutlerdolan.com"
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<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><U><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mount Vernon</SPAN></U><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">P.O. Box 2784</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">415 Pine Street </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mount Vernon, WA
98273</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Telephone: <A title="tel:360-336-2939"
href="tel:360-336-2939"
target="_blank">360-336-2939</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Facsimile: <A title="tel:360-336-2949"
href="tel:360-336-2949"
target="_blank">360-336-2949</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><U><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Stanwood</SPAN></U><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">P.O. Box 458</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">10027 - 269th Place NW (SR
532)</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Stanwood, WA 98292</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Telephone: <A title="tel:360-629-3833"
href="tel:360-629-3833"
target="_blank">360-629-3833</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Facsimile: <A title="tel:360-629-6253"
href="tel:360-629-6253"
target="_blank">360-629-6253</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
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<P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><SPAN
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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