<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Ralph--Is this a widow's election will where she has to put her interest in the home into this trust in order to benefit from his interest in the home?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Mark<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Ralph Maimon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rmaimon@maimonlaw.com" target="_blank">rmaimon@maimonlaw.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"><span style="color:black">Listmates, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I am handling a probate where the drafting attorney said that the deceased’s widow gets 100% of the residence “in trust” to live there during her lifetime and upon her death, his interest in the residence is divided
50% among various relatives and 50% the son of the deceased. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">But the will does not name a trustee or the terms of the trust of which to abide during her lifetime (e.g., who pays the bills, repairs, etc.). This has not come to a head yet, but is heading there.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I think we need to have a trustee appointed and some terms for the trust? Attorney malpractice aside, what approach do you think would work best for this modest estate? TEDRA? Other?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks in advance for your responses.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The court only needs to approve fees/costs in Intervention Probate cases or insolvent cases.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">You file the necessary docs to close the probate and put in your fees/costs charged. You send the docs to those heirs/beneficiaries and they have 30 days to object
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1:02 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Getting Paid for Probate Work<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've got some probate cases going on (yes I said yes and figured I would figure out how to get paid later) and I'm wondering what the normal course of business is for getting paid on these.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've read the statute and understand the court has to approve. Is there a motion to be filed while the probate is ongoing (assume straightforward case with relatively low fee)? Is the normal course to wait until the end to get paid?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any helpful advice, anecdotal or otherwise, and a form or two if required, would be greatly appreciated!<u></u><u></u></p>
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