<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp10da7e81yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi Susan -</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have been conducting Will signings on my porch in very much the manner you outlined. Given the enhanced risk to those 60 and above, I have taken the same position as you, that as officers of the Court, we are essential workers and the need to provide these particular services to clients is critical.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Good luck</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tom</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp10da7e81signature"><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:system;"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;"><i><font size="3">Law Office of Thomas J. Fiscus</font><br>Box 1167<var id="ydp58615394yui-ie-cursor"></var></i></span></font></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:system;"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;"><i>Eastsound, WA 98245</i></span></font></span></font></div><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:system;"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;"><i>Ph 360-376-3988<br>WSBA # 44741<span>
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On Friday, March 27, 2020, 12:10:43 PM PDT, Susan Donahue <sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com> wrote:
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--></style><div><div class="yiv3192137501WordSection1"><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">Hello everyone,</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">I have someone who wants to execute his will. So, I’m faced with the actual situation now. On page 10 of the list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers’ issued by Governor Inslee on March 23, 2020, “The Courts, consistent with direction from the Washington State Chief Justice” are listed as part of the “essential workforce”. As an attorney, I am an officer of the court, therefore, I argue, I can conduct a will signing if the participants always stay 6’ away from one another by approaching a table outside on my office’s porch one at a time to sign, with the table wiped down and the pen wiped down, etc.</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">Has anyone figured out a way to conduct will signings under these conditions? Is my argument too novel? If I did this, could I be in violation of the governor’s order?</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">I know this has been discussed but in previous threads the issue of notarizing was the issue—not the issue of witnessing a will.</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">Any thoughts would be helpful.</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">Thank you.</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">Susan Donahue</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">Law Office of Susan Donahue</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">125 West 2<sup>nd</sup> Avenue, Suite “B”</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">P.O. Box 81</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">Twisp, WA 98856</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">(509) 996-5944 (phone)</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal">(509) 362-9692 (fax)</p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com">sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com</a></p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sdonahuelaw.com">www.sdonahuelaw.com</a></p><p class="yiv3192137501MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div>***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***<br>_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com" href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a></div>
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