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<p class="MsoNormal">I am working to prepare a petition for a foreign (out-of-state) Will. It appears that the Will was executed validly in the decedent’s state of domicile. There is no need for no ancillary probate in the foreign state, as the decedent owned
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<p class="MsoNormal">My question is, <b><i>without an Order admitting the foreign will to probate in the foreign state, will the Commissioner need any special supporting documentation to admit the foreign Will?</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am more accustomed to filing foreign Wills in the case where we provide an attached Order from the foreign state admitting the Will to probate, which I imagine satisfies the WA Commissioner that the Will was validly executed in the foreign
state. In this case where we have no such foreign order admitting the Will to probate, I am a little wary of simply citing to the relevant out-of-state statute governing a Will’s validity, as (a) I am not licensed in that foreign state, and (b) the Commissioner
may not be equipped to verify the law in the foreign state either. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My first thought is that the Commissioner may need a Declaration from an attorney in the foreign state, stating that the Will was validly executed, or something similar to that effect. I would be very interested to hear if anyone has probated
a foreign Will without an order from the foreign state admitting that Will to probate and, if so, what kind of documentation was requested by the Commissioner.<o:p></o:p></p>
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