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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Hello all:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Was wondering if anyone can share a sample Motion or Petition to Substitute a PR. per
<b>RCW 11.68.060</b>. The case here is that that the original appointed Personal Rep unexpectedly died shortly after the opening of his wife’s probate, and we are going to substitute a new PR (the original PR’s daughter).  As for pleadings, I’m not sure if
 it needs to be called a Petition or if calling it simply a Motion with supporting Oath and other declinations would work.   <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Thanks in advance. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Here is statute for reference:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.68.060"><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.68.060</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Death, resignation, or disablement of personal representative</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">—</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Successor
 to administer nonintervention powers</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">—</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Petition.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">If any personal representative of the estate of the decedent dies, resigns, or otherwise becomes disabled from any cause
 from acting as the nonintervention personal representative, the successor personal representative, or a person who has petitioned to be appointed as a successor personal representative, may petition the court for nonintervention powers, and the court shall
 act, in accordance with RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.68.011"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.68.011</span></b></a> through <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.68.041"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.68.041</span></b></a> and <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.68.050"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.68.050</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>Stephen M. Waltar<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></p>
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