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<p class="MsoNormal">Well there you go – thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Nelsen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 13, 2019 11:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] half-life of a probate claim<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Filing of a creditor claim does not toll statute of limitations, which continues to roll on against the creditor, and can actually extinguish the creditor claim if it hasn't earlier been allowed (a) by the automatic statutory approval for
claims under $1000 or (b) by affirmative action of the PR. <u>Estate of Henington</u>, 182 Wn.App. 534, 539-540, 331 P.3d 112 (Div. 2 2014).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I haven't Shepardized that recently but I think it's still good law.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rod Harmon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2019 6:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] half-life of a probate claim<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If a creditor files a timely claim in a probate case, and then six years go by with nothing happening, is the claim still good? Or does the statute of limitations run against it? Assume claim is based on a
written contract, like a credit card debt. I vaguely recall researching this in connection with a probate that lay dormant for 12 years and we paid the claim, but I thought I better check, and I am not sure what the reasoning is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rod Harmon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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