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<DIV>I had a case like this years back, Paul, and I withdrew.
I wrote a letter to my client with a clear reiteration of our conversations re:
their intent to disregard the directives of the Will and keep assets
themselves, went through the proper notice process and got out of
there. Even if my client had changed their mind, the fact that
they’d considered doing that in the first place made me unwilling to work with
them. To me it indicates a fundamental dishonesty and willful blindness
that I want to stay far away from. </DIV>
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<DIV>I’ve certainly worked on estates where my PR said “But this is not what the
decedent wanted!” and I’ve said “I believe you!” and then we’ve made the
distributions as described in the Will or intestacy statues.</DIV>
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<DIV>Good luck -</DIV>
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<DIV>Felicia </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Felicia
Value<BR>Attorney at Law<BR>PO Box 578/116 North Third Street<BR>La Conner, WA
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pneumiller@hotmail.com>Paul
Neumiller</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com>wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [WSBAPT] Non-PR & Non-Trustee
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<P class=MsoNormal>A client, after several rationalizations, wants to keep
deceased mom’s estate. No probate will be opened. While she is
paying off the creditors, she intends to keep the left over money (less than
$50k) because “that is what Mom wanted” despite being contrary to Mom’s Will
(despite my advice otherwise and multiple cya letters). In doing research,
I find cases regarding PR liability and applicable statute of limitation
and trustees and their statutes of limitation (appears to be three years after
discovery), but I am not finding cases regarding the non-PR and non-trustee
liability and culpability? Any thoughts? The beneficiaries under the
Will probably don’t even know that “Mom” has passed (and in other state.)
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