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<p class="gmail-m_6531859990347213375MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CONTACT:     <span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lauri Nelson,<span> </span><a href="mailto:Lauri.Nelson@kingcounty.gov" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Lauri.Nelson@kingcounty.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_6531859990347213375MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ISSUED BY:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">     Barbara Miner, King County Clerk<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_6531859990347213375MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ISSUE DATE:  <span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">May 31, 2018<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ISSUE NO:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">       18-008<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0px 0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">CLERK’S ALERT<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">PROBATE CASE REVIEW<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:star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inactive (no case activity) for more than a year and may be legitimately still proceeding or may be missing completion documents.  Estate cases are completed with the filing of documents such as “Declaration of Completion,” (RCW 11.68) “Order Approving Final Accounting and Decree of Distribution,” (RCW 11.76) or “Order Closing Estate.”   <span> </span><b>All practitioners are encouraged to review their probate caseload and enter estate completion documents if appropriate or file a case status statement, if the case is not complete.  <span> </span></b> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_6531859990347213375MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Thank you for your attention to these cases.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><table class="gmail-m_6531859990347213375MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:329.25pt"><tbody><tr style="height:0.6in"><td width="206" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;width:154.75pt;padding:0in;height:0.6in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="188" height="62" id="gmail-m_6531859990347213375_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D3F8E8.76AC97C0" class="gmail-CToWUd"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="233" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;width:174.5pt;padding:0in;height:0.6in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQxMDIwLjM3MjI2MzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MTAyMC4zNzIyNjM2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTE3MjAxJmVtYWlsaWQ9YmV0aC50YXlsb3JAa2luZ2NvdW50eS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPWJldGgudGF5bG9yQGtpbmdjb3VudHkuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/clerk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:12.2667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.kingcounty.gov/courts/<wbr>clerk</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Y<span style="color:black">ou have subscribed to receive notices from the<span> </span><b>Superior Court Clerk’s Office</b>.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7pt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