<div dir="ltr">Oops, you're right.  I did not notice that it was a copy that was found, not an original.  </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 2:51 PM Cyrus Field <<a href="mailto:cyfield@rockisland.com">cyfield@rockisland.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-1594493416089746826WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I thought Brett said a “copy” of the Will was found. Does original exist? If not, and if copy follows intestate law anyways, I’d be inclined to ignore the copy. FWIW, Cy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1f497d">Cyrus W. Field, Attorney at Law (admitted in Washington and Oregon)<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1f497d">phone: 360-472-1223 Mail: POB 367, Shaw Island, WA 98286 Office: 640 Mullis St. Friday Harbor, WA</span></i><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1f497d">******************************************************************<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1f497d">The information contained in this e-mail message, including attachments, may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail the sender at <a href="mailto:cyfield@rockisland.com" target="_blank">cyfield@rockisland.com</a> and destroy or delete the original and any copies. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heather deVrieze<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 28, 2018 2:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Will Found....how to file?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Though you mentioned that both of the witnesses to the found Will have passed, you don’t mention whether this is a self-proving Will, or why the death of the witnesses might otherwise be relevant. Is the Personal Representative nominated in the Will different than the Personal Representative now serving?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If not self-proving, and dead witnesses, you could simply file the Will, not request its admission to probate, ask the Court to simply bless the finalization of the intestate administration despite the found Will, etc. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Heather<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Vladimir Script";color:#1f497d">Heather S. de Vrieze</span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1f497d"><br></span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d">Attorney-at-Law<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"><img width="189" height="105" id="m_-1594493416089746826_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D48729.7780B6C0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D013C2.30F35160"></span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524e">3909 California Avenue SW<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524e">Seattle, WA 98116-3705                          <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524e">(206)938-5500 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:heatherd@westseattlelaw.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524e">heatherd@westseattlelaw.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Nyala;color:#44524e"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.westseattlelaw.com/" targe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