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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The way I think about notices is that the probate attorney should probably send notices to everyone who logically might know about the decedent’s estate plan and assets or non plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Xan Gerson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 15, 2020 10:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] PR Duty to Respond to Potential Creditors?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For what it’s worth, in a guest lecture to the estate planning class I was teaching, Comm. Velategui said that you are required to send notice of probate to CIR partners.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nicholas Pleasants<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 14, 2020 6:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] PR Duty to Respond to Potential Creditors?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello fellow probate practitioners,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have a couple probate hypotheticals for consideration.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">First situation: Let’s say a creditor was provided Notice to Creditors, the 4-months since publication has passed and the 30-days from delivery to creditor has passed. Now creditor sends a letter asking for
a copy of the Notice to Creditors. I don’t want to restart the RCW 11.40.030 clock, giving them another month to respond. Does PR have a duty to respond to this potential creditor at all?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Second situation: Let’s say decedent may have been in a meretricious relationship. Is the non-spouse partner entitled to any notice of the probate? Let’s say non-spouse is not mentioned in the Will at all,
not a co-owner of decedent’s real property, but possibly there is some tangible personal property owned together. How about notice to creditors as a potential claimant? Obviously PR does not want to encourage potential claimant, and only wants to provide notice
as strictly required by statute. Also wondering whether non-spouse partner has any right to request special notice?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I realize that second situation is a bit trickier, as the interplay between Committed Intimate Relationship doctrine and Probate is interesting. I am curious from a notice standpoint what responses you might
advise PR to give in these situations. Thanks in advance for any experience you can share.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nick</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2B6AA4">Nicholas Pleasants</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Pleasants Law Firm, P.S.<br>
2300 130th Ave NE, Suite A-101<br>
Bellevue, WA 98005-1755<br>
(425) 615-7070 tel/fax<br>
<a href="mailto:nick@pleasantslaw.com"><span style="color:#00006A">nick@pleasantslaw.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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