<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Melinda,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I think the husband's creditors were barred two years from his date of death and wife's death and probate doesn't change that (unless this is a DSHS nursing care debt). I will be interested if others disagree.<br><br><div>krista MacLaren</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 15, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Melinda Grout <<a href="mailto:mkgroutlaw@gmail.com">mkgroutlaw@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Forgive what is probably a pretty basic question, but my fuzzy brain needs some assistance today.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Husband died 3 years ago, with unpaid nursing home bill. No subsequent probate. Surviving spouse (wife), who would be responsible for community debt, did not pay it. Now wife has died, and her probate is in progress. Does creditor claims procedure of wife’s probate work also against that old nursing home debt? </div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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