<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Heather. Did you bring the funeral director in as a party? What did your successful court order say?<div>Is there a chance you could share copies of pleadings with me?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Heather deVrieze <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heatherd@westseattlelaw.com" target="_blank">heatherd@westseattlelaw.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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I have run into this on at least a couple of occasions. One pre-TEDRA the other Post. I did not use TEDRA in either situation (the second time I copied what worked
the first time). Both times I handled it as a general motion and order in Ex-Parte, in the Probate matter, with notice to all parties (the siblings in your situation). Another time, we were able to bribe a relative whose consent was required by giving him
a written promise that he would not be responsible for the costs of the cremation/services, but would be paid by the granddaughter who was inheriting everything.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I’m sure TEDRA would work as well.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">This is why I try to include the most basic cremation/burial instructions in most Wills I prepare.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] family dispute over disposition of remains<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Decedent left no written instruction about his wishes re disposition of his remains. He had a revocable living trust, and pour-over will, both naming our client as his fiduciary. We have commenced a probate due to the discovery of an
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<p class="MsoNormal">The father's body is in the possession of the local funeral home. There are four surviving children. Our client wants to have his father's body cremated and one other child agrees. The other two children refuse to consent to cremation,
and the funeral director takes the position that since we are unable to provide the consent of a majority of the surviving adult children of the decedent, under RCW 68.50.160(3)(d), his hands are tied. The obstructionist children have been cut out of the
estate; our client is the sole beneficiary, so there is no leverage.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, the decedent languishes in the freezer. I cannot imagine that the drafters of this legislation intended such a result.<u></u><u></u></p>
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