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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Not a happy one!</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#333300">Marsha C. Hudson</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333300"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Attorney at Law #23330</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">3221 NW 62<sup>nd</sup> Street, Seattle, WA 98107</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Telephone: 206-297-3933</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Fax: 206-357-9356<br></span><a href="mailto:marsha@griffyn.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">marsha@griffyn.us</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333300"><br><br></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? -</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300"> Martin Luther King, Jr.<br><br>This e-mail may contain information that is protected by attorney-client, work product and/or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, use, or reliance upon its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact me immediately and return the email by forwarding it to this office at </span><a href="mailto:marsha@griffyn.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">marsha@griffyn.us</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300"> and then deleting the e-mail.<br></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#333300">P</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333300"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333300">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kate Love<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 1, 2020 12:17 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> Re: [WSBAPT] Working from home but not alone</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">New legal assistant - working from home but definitely not alone ! </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">😉</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="3" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <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>> on behalf of Susan Donahue <<a href="mailto:sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com">sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 1, 2020 10:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div><div><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you all for the advice. I will proceed to ignore the creditor claims. I definitely feel that I’m not isolated working at home in my basement—even if it is a nice basement—with responses from you all.</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Susan</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Susan Donahue</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Law Office of Susan Donahue</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">125 West 2<sup>nd</sup> Avenue, Suite “B”</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">P.O. Box 81</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Twisp, WA 98856</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(509) 996-5944 (phone)</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(509) 362-9692 (fax)</span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com"><span style="color:#0563c1">sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com</span></a></span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sdonahuelaw.com"><span style="color:#0563c1">www.sdonahuelaw.com</span></a></span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <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>Kate Love<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 01, 2020 9:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span></p></div></div><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">ha, interesting - thank you, Kate</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p></div><div><div><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></span></div><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <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>> on behalf of John J. Sullivan, Esq. <<a href="mailto:sullaw@comcast.net">sullaw@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:54 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> Re: [WSBAPT] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">One war story I will pass on. If the decedent owes money on a credit card, make sure the surviving spouse does NOT use the card post-mortem. I had that happen. The bank hadn’t filed a creditor claim, so after the two years expired we let them know we would not be paying the card off. Well they took the position because the surviving spouse had used it in a community property state it was her obligation. They reported the card to the credit bureau just as she was trying to close on a home loan, holding up the closing until she gave in. </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">John J. Sullivan</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <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>Alexis Singletary<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2020 5:31 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> Re: [WSBAPT] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span></p></div></div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099">100%.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099">I have won that issue on Summary Judgment where the “PR” was served a creditor’s claim and quiet title action before the PR was actually appointed. We sent the Notice to Creditors to all parties formally for actual notice. They of course didn’t respond because they believed they already filed a claim. Not my job to tell them they didn’t perfect service because there was no PR to serve. Laid in wait until the end of the creditor’s claim period and rejected. Creditor filed suit; I filed my SJ. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099">Fun one. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099">In yours, since no PR will actually be appointed, just ignore and see if any creditor does it themselves. If not, ride out the 2 years and see what happens. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099">______________________________</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#000099">Alexis R. 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If you have not received a Reply to an e-mail message within seventy-two hours, please call or leave a voice mail message with the receptionist at 253.833.8855.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p></div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#000099"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <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>John J. Sullivan, Esq.<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:32 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> Re: [WSBAPT] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span></p></div></div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Definitely agree with Eric. </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">John J. Sullivan</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <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>Susan Donahue<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:29 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> Re: [WSBAPT] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span></p></div></div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eric,</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I like your thinking. I’m willing to ignore them. I agree with the idea that they should be able to figure out that a probate has not been commenced and therefore their creditor claim is useless.</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you for your response.</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Susan</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Susan Donahue</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Law Office of Susan Donahue</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">125 West 2<sup>nd</sup> Avenue, Suite “B”</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">P.O. Box 81</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Twisp, WA 98856</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(509) 996-5944 (phone)</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(509) 362-9692 (fax)</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com">sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com</a></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sdonahuelaw.com">www.sdonahuelaw.com</a></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <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>Eric Nelsen<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:38 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> Re: [WSBAPT] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span></p></div></div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I'd say ignore them. If no probate has been started with a PR appointed, and no "notice agent" under Ch. 11.42 RCW has been created, then there is no basis for creditor claims. If they want to file a claim, they can go start a probate themselves. Claims sent to you are just recycle basket liner.</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Frankly—and this is me being ornery—I also would not even respond to AmEx. If a company that big can't figure out what is and isn't proper, I see no reason to help them.</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eric</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eric C. 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For any other needed arrangements, please call the Seattle office.</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Be assured that we will continue to advise and support our clients throughout this health emergency.</span></p></div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <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>Susan Donahue<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:19 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] creditor claims filed in will only matter</span></p></div></div><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hello friends,</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’ve written about this matter before. This is the estate that is insolvent with $97,000 in debts. After the last round of answers to my question about how to handle this estate, my client decided to ride out the 24 month period and ignore the claims. Some of you gave me great answers and advice. However, American Express, in which the decedent had three accounts totally about $18.,44, has mailed me three creditor claims. I filed the will as required as a Will Only case with a cover sheet that had my name on it. (my first mistake). So, American Express has sent me three creditor claims to the case number of the will only filing. Am I required to answer these creditor claims? Should I reject them and say that the case is insolvent? But that would require filing the claims which implies that a probate has begun, wouldn’t it? Or, could I reject them saying that the estate is insolvent and no probate will be begun? Should I say that no probate has begun or will be begun in a letter to the agent who sent me the creditor claim? </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As far as I can tell, the creditor claims have not be filed in the Will Only matter. At least they are not on Odyssey Portal. There is no filed stamp on them. </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I could use some thoughts from any of you.</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you.</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Susan </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Susan Donahue</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Law Office of Susan Donahue</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">125 West 2<sup>nd</sup> Avenue, Suite “B”</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">P.O. Box 81</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Twisp, WA 98856</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(509) 996-5944 (phone)</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(509) 362-9692 (fax)</span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com">sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com</a></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sdonahuelaw.com">www.sdonahuelaw.com</a></span></p><p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>