<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I don't remember the fact pattern, but if you're</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">talking about stepchildren and the Intestacy Statute</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">the stepchild will inherit only if it's to avoid Escheat.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Statute:</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:5px"><font size="2">RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.095" class="gmail-ui-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(43,103,77);text-decoration-line:none">11.04.095</a></font></h3><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:5px">Inheritance from stepparent avoids escheat.</h3></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">If a person dies leaving a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and issue by a former spouse </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">or former domestic partner and leaving a will whereby all or substantially all of the deceased's property </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in">passes <span style="text-indent:0.5in">to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner or having before death conveyed all or </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">substantially all his </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">or her property to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, and afterwards </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">the latter dies without heirs </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">and without disposing of his or her property by will so that except for this </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">section the same would all escheat, the </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">issue of the spouse or domestic partner first deceased who survive </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">the spouse or domestic partner last deceased </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">shall take and inherit from the spouse or domestic partner </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">last deceased the property so acquired by will or conveyance </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">or the equivalent thereof in money or other </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">property; if such issue are all in the same degree of kinship to the spouse or </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">domestic partner first deceased </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">they shall take equally, or, if of unequal degree, then those of more</span><span style="text-indent:0.5in;font-size:16px"> </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">r</span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">e</span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">mote degree </span><span style="text-indent:0.5in">shall take by representation </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="text-indent:0.5in">with respect to such spouse or such domestic partner first deceased.</span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="4">See also <u>In re Smith's Estate</u>, 49 Wn. 229, 299 P.2d 550, (1956) where the ct </font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="4">the previous Escheat Statute. The decision itself has a lot of discussion re</font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="4">why the stepchild can't inherit. Maybe Smith's progeny will lead you where</font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="4">you want to go.</font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="4">Hope this helps</font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="4">Jayne</font></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 12:29 PM Josh Grant <<a href="mailto:jgrant@accima.com" target="_blank">jgrant@accima.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font size="4">Jayne, or Eric? Do you agree that if there is no will
that it doesn’t apply?</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Josh</font></div>
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Grant</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,64,128)"><br></span><span style="color:black"><img title="advocates" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px;" border="0" alt="advocates" src="cid:17ac7a942f381e195781" width="207" height="43"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,64,128)">P.
O. Box 619<br>Wilbur, WA 99185<br>509 647 5578</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="jgilbertatty@gmail.com">Jayne Gilbert</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 19, 2021 9:53 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBA Probate & Trust
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Intestate succession or
escheat?</div></div></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I have researched/read this
Statute, but have not considered it's </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">application to a fact pattern
like the one posed in the question </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Most Interesting!</div></div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 9:49 PM Jayne Gilbert
<<a>jgilbertatty@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Eric spot on as usual!</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I too never knew this
statute existed.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thanks!</div></div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 4:10 PM Josh Grant
<<a>jgrant@accima.com</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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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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Grant</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,64,128)"><br></span><span style="color:black"><img title="advocates" style="border-width: 0px; background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px;" border="0" alt="advocates" width="207" height="43"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,64,128)">P. O. Box 619<br>Wilbur, WA
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="eric@sayrelawoffices.com">Eric Nelsen</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:59 PM</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" target="_blank">RCW 11.04.095</a>, that covers if stepmom died without any
heirs:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.095" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(43,103,77)">11.04.095</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></h3>
<h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Inheritance from
stepparent avoids escheat.<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </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" target="_blank">RCW 11.04.015(2)(e)</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a>eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a>wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a>wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Josh Grant<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:16
PM<br><b>To:</b> wsbar trust <<a>wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT]
Intestate succession or escheat?<u></u><u></u></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"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<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"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<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"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<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"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,64,128)">Joshua
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