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<p class="MsoNormal">Unclaimed property is a possibility though you have to hold onto it for 3 years first.
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=63.29&full=true#63.29.020">
RCW 63.29.020(1)</a>; <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=63.29&full=true#63.29.120">
RCW 63.29.120</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If the amount justifies it, you also could start an estate of absentee per
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.80&full=true">Ch. 11.80 RCW</a>. Under those provisions you could distribute that beneficiary's share to a trustee for that beneficiary alone, in order to complete final distribution of your existing
trust. Then, that beneficiary's share would bear its own expenses going forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One other possibility – file a petition with the court in regard to your existing trust, asking for authority to distribute in full to all other beneficiaries, and court authorization to proceed with only the missing beneficiary's share
bearing all further costs and expenses. I think this is kind of a shorthand version of the estate of absentee. You could get creative with this, and ask the court for explicit authority to decide whether to dump the property after three years to unclaimed
property, or open an absentee estate, or something else that seems like a reasonable method of preserving the assets for the beneficiary.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal">1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seattle WA 98144-3909<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">eric@sayrelawoffices.com<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>Sarah Duncan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2020 10:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Beneficiary has Disappeared<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Hello, Listmates. I am working on a file with the following facts:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">We are getting ready to make final distribution of a trust, by which an adult beneficiary’s whereabouts are unknown.
He’s been homeless and in/out of jail for the past year. He has mental health issues as well.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">During one of his jail stays last year, we were in contact with his attorney (public defender), but that attorney has
had no contact with him for several months now and no way of getting in touch with him.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Because the beneficiary is homeless and won’t communicate with us, we have no address for him nor do we have any way
of finding him. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">We would like to proceed with final distribution of the trust as soon as we can.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">We are at a standstill on how to proceed with distribution of the trust in light of the unknown whereabouts of the beneficiary. I would love to hear any ideas that you have
on how to proceed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Thanks in advance for your help.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">___________________________________________</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Sarah E. Duncan </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">ADAMS & DUNCAN, INC., P.S.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">3128 Colby Avenue
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Everett, WA 98201</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Tel: (425) 339-8556</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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