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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Krista <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You also need to determine if the wrongful death recovery comes through the estate or is it for and paid directly to particular people? If the latter, the only reason to have an estate is to have a PR appointed
to bring the suit but it does not mean that the settlement funds are part of the estate and reachable by creditors. Also, if the creditor is a medical facility, if they did not file a lien on the case, then they are out of luck, in my book.
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<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>Krista MacLaren<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 6, 2017 3:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsba probate & trust <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] creditors barred after 2 years from date of death<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am wondering if anyone can confirm that a creditor who has not been provided with notice under RCW 11.40.020 and is reasonably ascertainable will be barred from making a claim two years from decedent’s date of death unless that creditor
files a claim in the probate proceeding as specified in RCW 11.40.070? Is this bar absolute regardless of what communication may have been exchanged between the creditor and counsel or family of decedent? I am thinking of the following scenario:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Decedent dies under circumstances such that there are wrongful death claims against a medical provider or facility. The wrongful death attorney’s office communicates with the creditors to determine what they believe is owed, presumably
as part of a damages assessment. The creditor thinks the bill is being addressed due to ongoing negotiations for settlement of the wrongful death claim, because the fact of the medical bills is known by everyone involved. If the two years from date of death
comes and goes, no notice is ever provided to the medical providers, nor published in the decedent’s county of residence, a wrongful death settlement is reached, and the probate attorney decides not to pay the medical providers because no claim was ever filed
in the probate and served on the PR/PR’s attorney, do the creditors have any kind of estoppel claim? I think the creditor has an affirmative duty to file a proper claim under the time limits of RCW 11.40.051 whether or not they receive notice or the bill
has been discussed, but has this been litigated?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Krista J. MacLaren<br>
Attorney at Law<br>
Northgate Executive Center II<br>
9725 3rd Ave NE, Suite 600<br>
Seattle, WA 98115<br>
(206)523-6116<br>
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