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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Tracie:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s essentially a per stirpes regime. The use of the term “issue” means the descendant can be “illegitimate.”<br><br>So … for example … if intestate decedent left no spouse or issue of his own and his parents are dead … the residuary estate is divided in equal shares among each line that contains surviving issue. If decedent had four siblings, two survived, the other two did not survive, and one of the predeceased siblings left two kids, the residuary estate is first split into three equal shares. Then the share of the predeceased sibling who left two children is divided equally among the two nieces/nephews.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John J. Sullivan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ronald St. Hilaire<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2020 5:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] RCW 11.04.015<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracie,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don’t forget the definition of “issue” in RCW 11.02.005(8). “Issue” is not limited to children. It includes all lineal descendants of an individual. Thus, “those issue of the parent or parents who survive the intestate” includes the surviving nieces and nephews of the intestate whose parents (sibling of the intestate) have predeceased the intestate. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If all siblings of the intestate are surviving, they take equally. If there are surviving siblings and deceased siblings with surviving issue (presumably nieces and nephews), then the surviving issue take by representation. If all of the siblings are deceased, but there are surviving nieces and nephews, then the surviving nieces and nephews share equally because they are the same degree of kinship. “Degree of kinship” is also defined at RCW 11.02.005(3). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#141B4D'><hr size=1 width="62%" noshade style='color:#000066' align=left></span></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Ronald F. St. Hilaire</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"color:#002060'> ·</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>Certified Elder Law Attorney </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>Liebler & St. Hilaire, P.S.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>P.O. Box 6125 · Kennewick, WA 99336</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>8131 W. Grandridge Blvd., Suite 101 · Kennewick, WA 99336</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>(509) 735-3581 office · (509) 735-3585 fax</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:rfs@licbs.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>rfs@licbs.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'> · </span><a href="http://www.bentonfranklinlaw.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>www.bentonfranklinlaw.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'> <img border=0 width=336 height=96 style='width:3.5in;height:1.0in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D627C2.8DD62A50" alt="LieblerStHilaire_Color_PS_1"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>Certification as Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. The Supreme Court of Washington does not recognize certification of specialties in the practice of law. Certification is not required to practice law in the State of Washington. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D'>Confidentiality Notice: This email transmission is intended only for the addressee named above. It contains information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or dissemination of this transmission or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents or other use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy the original and notify us by telephone immediately. Thank you for your cooperation.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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>Tracie Wall<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2020 5:03 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] RCW 11.04.015<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Having difficulty interpreting RCW 11.04.015 and would appreciate input.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>RCW 11.04.015 (2) (c) <span style='color:black'>Descent and distribution of real and personal estate </span>provides:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white'>(c) If the intestate not be survived by issue or by either parent, then to those issue of the parent or parents<u> who survive the intestate</u>; if they are all in the same degree of kinship to the intestate, they shall take equally, or, if of unequal degree, then those of more remote degree shall take by representation.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I read the statute to mean only the <u>surviving</u> siblings of the deceased inherit but I am confused by the degree of kinship language. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>How have/do others interpret the statute? Do only the surviving siblings inherit or do deceased siblings issue inherit by representation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you for any input!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tracie L. Wall</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> | Attorney | CPA (Inactive) |VA Accredited<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Licensed in Washington and Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#050505'><img border=0 width=241 height=55 style='width:2.5104in;height:.5729in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D627C2.8D926A90" alt="Wall Group Law
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