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<DIV><FONT size=4>Thanks Eric,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I have never seen this statute.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I wonder in my case where there are no wills, whether or not
that would preclude our use of this statute. “.....<FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">leaving a will whereby all or
substantially all of the deceased's property passes to the surviving spouse
...”</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Josh</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: #004080">Joshua F.
Grant</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #004080"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
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O. Box 619<BR>Wilbur, WA 99185<BR>509 647 5578</SPAN><SPAN
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=eric@sayrelawoffices.com>Eric Nelsen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com>WSBA Probate & Trust
Listserv</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WSBAPT] Intestate succession or
escheat?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>It’s hard to believe, but there’s a statute for that, <A
href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.095">RCW 11.04.095</A>,
that covers if stepmom died without any heirs:<o:p></o:p></P>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: "Open Sans",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>RCW <A
href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.095"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #2b674d">11.04.095</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: "Open Sans",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Inheritance from
stepparent avoids escheat.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Open Sans",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>If a
person dies leaving a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and issue
by a former spouse or former domestic partner and leaving a will whereby all or
substantially all of the deceased's property passes to the surviving spouse or
surviving domestic partner or having before death conveyed all or substantially
all his or her property to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner,
and afterwards the latter dies without heirs and without disposing of his or her
property by will so that except for this section the same would all escheat, the
issue of the spouse or domestic partner first deceased who survive the spouse or
domestic partner last deceased shall take and inherit from the spouse or
domestic partner last deceased the property so acquired by will or conveyance or
the equivalent thereof in money or other property; if such issue are all in the
same degree of kinship to the spouse or domestic partner first deceased they
shall take equally, or, if of unequal degree, then those of more remote degree
shall take by representation with respect to such spouse or such domestic
partner first deceased.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The problem is that the wife almost certainly has collateral
heirs, even if she had no siblings. If her parents had siblings, it’s virtually
certain there’s an odd cousin or twelve who are entitled to the estate, as issue
of the decedent’s grandparents. <A
href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.015">RCW
11.04.015(2)(e)</A>.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Eric<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Seattle WA 98144-3909<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A>eric@sayrelawoffices.com</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B>From:</B> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com
<wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <B>On Behalf Of </B>Josh
Grant<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> wsbar trust
<wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><BR><B>Subject:</B> [WSBAPT] Intestate
succession or escheat?<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">I have a PC
whose Dad died in 2011 and then his Dad’s wife died in 2012 leaving no
children. Neither H or W had a will. There is/was a CP house.
PC wants to inherit the house.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">I don’t think
there are any heirs of the wife, like parents, siblings or nephews or nieces,
& she never had children; but that would take an investigator to figure
out.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">But does it
matter to PC? Because his dad’s wife inherited 100% of the house by
intestate succession instantly, if there are no heirs located or known, wouldn’t
this escheat to the state?</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">This is not a
valuable house and there are no funds to hire an investigator.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
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F. Grant</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #004080">P. O. Box 619<BR>Wilbur, WA 99185<BR>509 647
5578</SPAN><SPAN
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