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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'>I seem to recall (way back when I did divorce law) that the obligee of a child support payment was entitled to an immediate (automatic) judgment against the obligor if a timely payment was not received.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Perhaps the mother can garnish the father’s prospective interest in the child’s estate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Conflict of interest as personal representative and judgment creditor?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Is Kerry A. Richards, Esq. <i><u>still</u></i> the world’s foremost authority on such matters??<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'>Carl Gay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Port Angeles<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 #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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>Dalynne Singleton<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 27, 2017 8:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Distributions to minor child beneficiaries<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>What obligation do I have, as estate attorney to ascertain any liens which might exist against beneficiary before I make distribution to a beneficiary of an intestate estate?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Minor child dies and settlement is reached and disbursed to Estate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Mom and dad are divorced. Mom is Administrator of Estate of minor child. Court did not require GAL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Dad never kept current on his child support payments for minor child to mom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Settlement reached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Intestacy provides equal distributions to mom and dad. 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