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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Paul--did the Will have a specific bequest of the house to daughter? If the proceeds are still traceable, daughter could argue that the specific bequest of the house was
<u>not</u> adeemed by extinction, and therefore she should get all identifiable proceeds remaining after sale of the house.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I just spent some time fiddling with ademption law research not too long ago as part of a WSBA legislation subcommittee, and there's plenty of room in Washington to make that argument; case law is sparse, there
are no relevant statutes, and the Restatement generally supports avoiding ademption of a specific bequest if there is a traceable way to fulfill it using other property. Contact me directly if you want to talk it over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 24, 2017 11:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Non-PR & Non-Trustee Liability/Culpability?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">“Can you elaborate on the sentence, “While she is paying off the creditors, she intends to keep the left over money”. “Is she using mom’s money to pay off the creditors? If so, how?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><<<Daughter was listed as a co-owner of Mom’s bank accounts pre-death so Daughter has access to the funds post-death>>>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">“How is she going to keep the left over money?” <<<by not paying it to distant named relatives so probably don’t even know that Mom has died since they have not been heard from in decades.>>> <<<The problem,
in the daughter’s mind, is that daughter was to receive Mom’s house and the rest and residual beneficiaries were going to receive a minor sum of around $500 at the very most. BUT the house had to be sold and Mom went on Medicaid (daughter has paid off the
Medicaid amount). And then Mom died so now the rest and residual beneficiaries are going to get a lot more money than Mom desired (And it doesn’t help that Daughter is close to being homeless herself.) >>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="Paul_Neumiller2"><span style="color:#1F497D"><img width="250" height="150" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2BCF1.607AB380"></span></a><span style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Derek Jensen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 21, 2017 4:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Non-PR & Non-Trustee Liability/Culpability?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose">Paul,</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you elaborate on the sentence, “While she is paying off the creditors, she intends to keep the left over money”.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is she using mom’s money to pay off the creditors? If so, how?
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<p class="MsoNormal">How is she going to keep the left over money? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The point of my question is that if your client’s mom’s assets are subject to the will, then your client must be planning to use some document fraudulently. Once you determine which document is being misused, you should be able to determine
what liabilities your client will be subject to. You can add this information into the CYA/withdrawal letter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From the way you phrased the question, it sounds like she is using a power of attorney and the bank does not know that mom is deceased. If that is the case, then any use of the funds after death, even the funds to pay creditors, was a fraudulent
use. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#984806">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#984806">Derek W. Jensen,
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#984806">JD, LLM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#984806">Jensen Law Office, PLLC</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Non-PR & Non-Trustee Liability/Culpability?<o:p></o:p></p>
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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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