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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">John:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Isn’t your question how effective you want your TEDRA Agreement to be? I think sister and your client can enter into a TEDRA Agreement (this is different from
petitioning the court under TEDRA, which notice would be required to brother) to resolve an issue with regard to her interest in the Estate. It will not be binding on the brother, but it appears that doesn’t matter in this case. If somehow there is a chance
that an interest would vest in him, such as her passing, etc., and you don’t want your client sued for making a wrongful distribution, then he needs to be included in the agreement IMO. You could include in your TEDRA that she irrevocably agrees not to disclaim
to address the disclaimer possibility.<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>John Creahan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 31, 2017 2:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] TEDRA and beneficial interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">Does an alternate beneficiary under a will have a “beneficial interest” in the estate when the primary beneficiary was still alive at the testator’s death?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">My client, the personal representative, and the primary beneficiary under the will (“Sister”) have agreed to resolve a particular issue, and I am drafting a TEDRA agreement to memorialize
that agreement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">“Brother,” an alternate beneficiary, is estranged from the family, and I would prefer to not have to chase him down. He is not entitled to anything under the will unless Sister disclaims
– which is not going to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">TEDRA’s definition of “party” includes “</span>all persons beneficially interested in the estate.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">My question: does Brother’s vanishingly-remote possibility of receiving a disclaimer give him a beneficial interest in the estate?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">I appreciate your thoughts on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:#595959">John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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