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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'>My understanding is that claims that have been validly presented remain “alive” past the 24-month cut off. The 24-month deadline is the ultimate deadline for claims to be presented, whether the creditor is known or not or given notice or not. Claims presented need to be allowed or rejected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>However, if the otherwise applicable SOL has passed and the underlying debt is no longer collectible, then the estate doesn’t owe the obligation anymore either. The debt has expired. A validly presented claim won’t preserve the debt’s collectability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>RCW 11.40.090(4) - A claim may not be allowed if it is barred by a statute of limitations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The creditor needs to take action to preserve their claim and get the PR to act while the debt is valid and not just let it languish.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I would double check the debt SOL dates and make sure they have passed, and then reject the claim based on an expired SOL or collection period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tara M. Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Puget Sound Law pllc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:roberts@pugetsoundlaw.com">roberts@pugetsoundlaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'>******************************<br>The information contained in this email is intended as a collegial exchange of ideas, may be incorrect, and is made without warranty of accuracy of any kind. The ideas and opinions expressed in this message are offered as unresearched thoughts, may be retracted or changed without notice, and do not create any attorney-client relationship. They should not be relied upon as applicable to any particular fact situation. Thank you.<br>******************************</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><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>Sara D. Longley<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 14, 2016 5:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Old Creditor Claims<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Listmates,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a new situation for me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clients opened probate in 2010. Several creditor claims were filed within the 4-month period after publication of the Notice to Creditors. No rejections were ever filed with the court per RCW 11.40.100(1), but I don’t believe the claims were ever formally allowed and no payment was ever made by the estate. The creditors have apparently done nothing since 2010; no Petitions to Allow were ever filed per RCW 11.40.080(2). The probate is still open.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, of course, the 2-year period since death has long since run. Are the creditor claims, once timely filed, kept alive by the pendency of the probate? Must they still be formally rejected at this point (more than six years after death)? My reading of the statute says yes, the claims are still valid so long as probate is open and the PR still has a duty to deal with them. But I would be interested to hear from attorneys who have been here before.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for sharing your expertise and experience!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sara<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=34 height=40 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D2562F.78F799B0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1F8A6.19C81E60"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century",serif'>Sara D. 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