<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Randolph,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can probate them together. I imagine it works best if most of their property was jointly owned. I would just modify your typical petition to explain the circumstances and appoint a single P.R. for both. I have been told that some institutions, like brokerages, don’t like it when they are joint, but again, if the accounts appear to be joint, I don’t think you’ll have any problems resulting from a combined probate.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Krista</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Krista J. MacLaren<br class="">Attorney at Law<br class="">Northgate Executive Center II<br class="">9725 3rd Ave NE, Suite 600<br class="">Seattle WA 98115<br class="">(206) 523-6116<br class=""><a href="mailto:kjm.inc@icloud.com" class="">kjm.inc@icloud.com</a></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 1, 2018, at 12:46 PM, Randolph Petgrave <<a href="mailto:randgrave@msn.com" class="">randgrave@msn.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Listmates,<br class=""><br class="">At the risk of being redundant, but I have a situation where H and W die in a common event. No will has been found for either. Is there a way I can probate their estates jointly under one cause number, or does each need its own separate proceeding (with both probates running simultaneously)?<br class=""><br class="">Thanks in advance for your input.<br class=""><br class="">Randy Petgrave<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">WSBAPT mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com" class="">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br class="">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>