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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 12, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Jennifer L White <<a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com" class="">jen@appletreelaw.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica-Bold; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Brent,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You didn’t say whether the two siblings get along, which makes A LOT of difference.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Under RCW 11.18.200, a beneficiary of a nonprobate asset is liable to account to a PR and to have to “kick in” their fair share as set forth in the statute. You didn’t indicate it was an insolvent situation, just a lack of available non-designated cash.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If the siblings get along, then they can either set up a joint account between themselves or if it is possible, leave one of the decedent’s old ones open to use for this purpose. They can agree that one of them will be the notice agent under 11.42, and if a claim comes in, pay it from the joint account. If they choose not to do the 11.42 nonprobate notice, then they can informally agree to pay what comes in.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If they don’t get along, then it gets decidedly more difficult. Do you know what the family dynamics are of the situation? <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";" class="">Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span> <span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold";" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image001.jpg@01D6E8E3.A0A00470"><image001.jpg></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-style: normal;" class="">jen@appletreelaw.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class="">PO Box 11037<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class="">Yakima, WA 98909<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif;" class="">509.225.9813<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Brent Williams-Ruth<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:28 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[WSBAPT] All Assets are Non-Probate?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Greetings List - <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">I have a client who's estate consists entirely of non-probate assets. Every checking, savings, CD, investment account have beneficiary designations. It is 50/50 between two children. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Looking at RCW 11.42 - I am left wondering HOW to actually pay the creditors (estimated to be approximately $15 - 20k). If every account is going to just be sent to the named beneficiary, how does one actually get the payment for legitimate creditors?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Brent<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Brent Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> (preferred pronoun: he/him)<br class=""><i class="">Attorney-At-Law</i></span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Law Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, </span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; 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