<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you! That is what I needed. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I presumed that there was so exemption but everything I was reading was only relating to the Self-proving affidavit. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Appreciate the collective!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Brent</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Doug Schafer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schafer@pobox.com" target="_blank">schafer@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">If the text above the
witnesses signature recites that necessary facts and the penalty-of-perjury
statement (RCW 9A.72.085), then a separate affidavit is not
needed. I've been preparing wills in that manner for decades.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">That is what I have done in this situation. If, for
example, you can find only one of the witnesses, just tell the
story in the petition for probate and it is likely that the
court will accept the will.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I was
presented with a Will executed in 2014. It was signed by
the Decedent and two witnesses, but it lacks the
self-proving affidavit that has been sworn by two
witnesses and a notary. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">To
probate such a will, would I simply create the Affidavit
now and seek the witnesses and have them sign now? What
if they are deceased or unable to be located?</div>
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