<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Thank you to all who responded about converting the filed Will to a probate proceeding.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thought I would share this update - I just received a copy of the Will from my new client and, guess what? It’s not signed!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Will is dated, initialed, and witnessed but there is no signature. Further, the notary on the Affidavit of Witnesses is one of the witnesses.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This should be interesting ...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div class="">I have a new case in which the named PR thought they could try doing the probate on their own, starting by filing the Will in Snohomish County.</div>
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