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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">What a horrible situation. My heart goes out to that family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Survivorship for purposes of inheritance, even by "devolution" which I assume means intestacy, generally must be by 120 hours (effectively 5 full days, counted from exact time of first death), per
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.05A&full=true">Ch. 11.05A RCW</a>, which was enacted in 2007 and modified the old rules under Ch. 11.05 RCW. But there are multiple exceptions to the 120-hour rule, for JTWROS accounts for example--see
RCW 11.05A.060.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I assume that if the mother is deemed to have predeceased, there are still other heirs. The 120-hour rule does not apply if the result would escheat the intestate estate to the State. RCW 11.05A.020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Eric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeannie OBrien<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2019 12:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Survival for Intestate Succession<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have an unfortunate probate where a mother and son were murdered while the son was visiting his mother in Pennsylvania. The son was killed 12 hours before the mother, according to the charging documents, and (perhaps more importantly)
his death was the day before hers. Son is intestate and resident of WA; mother has a valid will to be probated in PA.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not finding any period of survival required for the mother, and she is his only intestate heir. Do any of you know any reason why her estate should not be the sole recipient of her son’s estate? Probably not something that comes up
regularly, and I am not finding any cases that address it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your thoughts, Jeannie <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Century","serif";color:#1F497D">Jeannie O'Brien, Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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