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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>What about using the form provided in RCW 11.125.430 with an added paragraph concerning the validity of the pre-2017 DPOA and that the named “attorney in fact” is also referred to as the “agent” for identification purposes?<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Maureen A. Wickert, Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><img width=192 height=48 style='width:2.0in;height:.5in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2F0A0.FF6999B0" alt="Business card for email"></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>14900 Interurban Avenue South, Suite 255<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Tukwila, WA 98168<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Phone: 206-859-5502<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Fax: 206-260-9005<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></span><a href="http://www.wickertlawoffice.com/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>www.wickertlawoffice.com</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></span><a href="mailto:wickertlaw@comcast.net"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>wickertlaw@comcast.net</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#000099'>This electronic message contains information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or by email immediately.</span></i></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Douglas Bratt<br><b>Sent:</b> June 28, 2017 16:51<br><b>To:</b> wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Certification Forms for Durable Power of Attorneys<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Listmates:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Those of us who have worked on re-working our DPA forms are well aware that DPA’s executed after January 1, 2017, are, of course, governed by RCW 11.125. But, those DPA’s executed prior to January 1, 2017, are still deemed valid. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My question has to do with a springing DPA, signed prior to January 1, 2017. I recall that there was a process set out in RCW Chapter 11.94 for an Attorney-in-Fact to sign an affidavit confirming the validity of the DPA under which the AIF was acting. Yet, RCW 11.94 has now been repealed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My guess would be that the RCW 11.125.190 Certification is the only statute by which any DPA can be confirmed as being currently effective, and if the DPA in question is a springing DPA, that the conditions that are called for in the DPA to make it effective have now taken place, even if that DPA was executed prior to January 1, 2017. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have others faced the question of how to certify an old DPA when it needs to be shown to be valid sometime after January 1, 2017? It is entirely possible that I simply skipped over the applicable statute that would answer this question for me, and, if that is so, please be as gentle as possible in pointing out what I will want to excuse away as a senior moment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for all of your collective wisdom.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Doug Bratt <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F497D'>Douglas J. 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