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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>Maybe have the Clerk sign the affidavit stating that the Clerk’s office lost the Will. <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-jbd-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>===================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jones Butler Dolan, PS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.jbdolan.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.jbdolan.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.jonesbutlerdolan.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.jonesbutlerdolan.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Mount Vernon<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box 2784<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>415 Pine Street <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Mount Vernon, WA 98273<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Telephone: 360-336-2939<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Facsimile: 360-336-2949<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Stanwood<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box 458<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>10027 - 269th Place NW (SR 532)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Stanwood, WA 98292<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Telephone: 360-629-3833<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Facsimile: 360-629-6253<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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>John J. Sullivan<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 26, 2021 8:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Clerk Lost the Will<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wow. Glad to say I haven’t run into this. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would probably try submitting a variation on the typical affidavit used in a lost will case, stating that the original was lost by the clerk and not “under circumstances indicating revocation” because the testator/testatrix was already dead and even with Zoom there’s been no contact by the living with him/her/them. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would strenuously object to having to submit a whole substitute Petition as if the decedent or I list the Will. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Someone’s head should roll at the Clerk’s Office and they should review their practices, now that we cannot present in person. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My two cents. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>John J. Sullivan<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Feb 26, 2021, at 8:33 AM, Mark Reinhardt <<a href="mailto:MReinhardt@rehberglaw.com">MReinhardt@rehberglaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Listmates:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of my colleagues has a situation with the King County Clerk’s Office:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Two wills were provided to the King County Clerk’s Office through legal messenger service. Firm received a phone call from member of Clerk’s Office that Wills were received but lost and requested Firm send in copies. Copies were sent and the Firm received a call from Clerk’s Office asking about the originals. Firm informed Clerk’s Office that they misplaced them and it should not be the fault of the firm or the client that an Original is not available to be filed. Firm suggested that copies be considered originals as the misplacement was not the fault of Firm or client and they client should not have consequences for actions not theirs. Clerk’s’ Office spoke with supervisor and informed Firm that Firm would need to obtain Court Order to get the copies certified as original and there was nothing else to be done. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone faced this issue?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C0504D'>Important Dates and Office Closure Information</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C0504D'>Monday, February 15 – Presidents’ Day</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C0504D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW'>Due to The World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic and our local governments enacting stricter measures, Rehberg Law Group has put in place an interim Work Remotely policy for our attorneys and staff. 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