<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thanks, Eric. That was my line of thinking. As long as anyone who has an interest is fully informed, it would be silly to make a PR waste estate assets going after something no one wants. <br><br>Sarah Jael Dion<div><br></div><div>Dion Law PLLC</div><div>206-550-4005</div><div><a href="mailto:sarah@dionlaw.com">sarah@dionlaw.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>This message is private and may contain privileged communications. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please notify me immediately and delete the message. Please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. </div></div><div><br>On Apr 20, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Eric Nelsen <<a href="mailto:Eric@sayrelawoffices.com">Eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I just ran into this issue in a probate recently, and I think the Washington PR has no duty toward out-of-state real estate assets. Our probate process can't
affect out-of-state real property; it requires an ancillary probate. I think a PR can elect not to open an ancillary probate if the cost of doing so outweighs the potential benefit to the heirs. In making that decision, I think I would fully inform all the
potential beneficiaries of the decision and invite them to go open the ancillary probate themselves if they wish to do so. So long as there is full notice to the parties who would potentially be prejudiced by the election to do nothing about the real property,
I think it would be fine for the PR to do nothing further.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If anyone has caveats or possible problems with that route, I for one would appreciate hearing about it...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Funny this has come up now- I have a client whose husband owned some undeveloped (and not very developable) real estate in Buffalo. It would cost my client more to open an ancillary probate in New York than the plots are worth. Additionally,
it would be difficult and expensive to sell the lots, as they are not contiguous, and NY law requires an attorney to be involved in any closing of a sale. By the time my client paid for the probate, and for a lawyer to sell each lot separately…well, you get
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tentative plan is to allow NY State to foreclose for back taxes (small amounts, but eventually the lots will be sold). Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I have a probate that is ready to close with the exception of a patch of dirt in Texas that none of the heirs want (no ancillary probate proceedings have been initiated in Texas yet). The
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If all the heirs disclaim the property, can it be abandoned by the Estate? Can the PR close the estate without transferring this property out of the decedent’s name? None of the heirs cares
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