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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ve never had to litigate it, but my understanding is that it would fail for lack of specificity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Eden Rubenstein Toner<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Mail only: 21301 Hwy 410 E, #140<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Bonney Lake, WA 98391<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Phone 206-953-4485<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>www.edenrtoner.com<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'> IMPORTANT: This e-mail message is intended to be confidential, only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please notify me by return e-mail, then destroy all copies of the message and its attachments, if any. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'> NOTE: My email is not encrypted. Please contact me before sending sensitive information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Diane J. Kiepe<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv'<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Help - Personal Property Letters<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Hello Team Listserv,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>If a decedent left a Will and referenced a personal property letter and the letter then said “all personal property” to Susie Smith and did not list any specific items – again just says “all”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>RCW states</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> (c) the writing describes the items and the recipients of the property with reasonable certainty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Would you say the “all” language complies or fails with “reasonable certainty”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thanks so much<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Script MT Bold"'>Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Script MT Bold"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Douglas Eden<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>717 W. Sprague Ave.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suite 1500<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Spokane, WA 99201<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:djkiepe@depdslaw.com">djkiepe@depdslaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>509-455-5300<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>