<html><body><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-size:12pt;"><div>Is there an attorney working on the father's death as it is likely they will have opened up a probate. <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="sigimg0" title="signature image" src="cid:sigimg0@6899933badf96a08148d6260741f12b0" alt="" border="0"></div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: [WSBAPT] WD for father of minor heir<br>
From: Dalynne Singleton <<a href="mailto:dalynne@glgmail.com">dalynne@glgmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Fri, October 26, 2018 2:02 pm<br>
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
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</style> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">I have a client (mother of minor) who was not married to the decedent who died in a motorcycle collision. I am opening the probate and asking for her to be appointed Administrator. I will ask the court to appoint a probate GAL for the minor.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">The brother of the decedent is making waves and indicating he wants to serve as administrator, not the minor’s mother. The minor’s mother does not want him or the parents to serve – they have already taken some of the assets out of the decedent’s home. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">Can someone point me to caselaw that says the minor’s mother gets to stand in the shoes of the minor and ask for appointment to be an administrator? I am just beginning my research.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">RCW 11.28.120 provides the spouse is first to serve as administrator, then the child… since child is a minor, seems the mother of the minor should be able to serve before the father, mother, etc. No other heirs.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">RCW <a target="_blank" href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.120"><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.28.120</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Persons entitled to letters.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Administration of an estate if the decedent died intestate or if the personal representative or representatives named in the will declined or were unable to serve shall be granted to some one or more of the persons hereinafter mentioned, and they shall be respectively entitled in the following order:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(1) The surviving spouse or state registered domestic partner, or such person as he or she may request to have appointed.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">(2) The next of kin in the following order: (a) Child or children; 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