<div dir="ltr"><div>Great story! Thank you for sharing your learning experience!</div><div><br></div><div>Laurel</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 1:04 PM Philip N. Jones <<a href="mailto:pjones@duffykekel.com">pjones@duffykekel.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">This is a good time to remember that, long before the person dies, when the attorney is doing the estate planning, every attorney should say to their testators,
“I know you are not leaving money to your relatives, but I need to include in your will a paragraph listing your closest living relatives, so that the attorney who probates the will will have a road map to find those people. Even though they get no money,
they need to get notice.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">This is less important for people who are married and have children.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Warning! War story follows! I once probated a will where everything went to charity and the testator was unmarried with no children. He told his drafting attorney
that he “had no family.” After eight hours of searching, I found myself talking on the phone with his estranged identical twin brother. Everyone has family.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Phil Jones<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> <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>Eric Nelsen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 29, 2019 11:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Heirs for probate notice<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Yes--notice must go to the intestate heirs as well as those who take under the will. Best for the PR to call the relatives s/he does have an address for, and
ask for addresses for the others. The PR must exercise due diligence to ascertain the name and address of all heirs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eric<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eric C. Nelsen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rich McEntee<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 29, 2019 11:42 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Heirs for probate notice<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am preparing a petition to commence a probate. The decedent was quite elderly. She had no children but quite a few siblings. Only one sibling is alive. That sibling is named to inherit the residue of the estate. No other siblings were
named. There are many nieces and nephews who survived the deceased siblings. My question: to satisfy the probate statutes, are all of these nieces and nephews required to receive notice of the probate as representatives of their deceased parents? I ask because
there are many survivors and the whereabouts of some is unknown to the PR. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<u></u><u></u></p>
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