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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> on behalf of Eric Nelsen <eric@sayrelawoffices.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 5:03 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [WSBAPT] Multiple Probates for Same Decedent in Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ronald St. Hilaire FTW! I hadn’t realized the principle was codified.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<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>Ronald St. Hilaire<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 9, 2021 4:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Multiple Probates for Same Decedent in Washington<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take a look at RCW 11.96A.050(5).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Ronald F. St. Hilaire</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"color:#002060"> ·</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"color:#141B4D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Roger Hawkes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 9, 2021 4:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Multiple Probates for Same Decedent in Washington<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My advice is slightly different. If one county is clearly a more appropriate venue, ie. Decedent worked and lived in Spokane county and the first probate was filed in King county and all rellies live in Spokane, none in King county, I
think Spokane county is more appropriate venue and would move to consolidate King case into Spokane case.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Roger Hawkes, WSBA # 5173<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Nelsen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 9, 2021 4:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Multiple Probates for Same Decedent in Washington<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would move to dismiss the second probate. The court has discretion to refuse to commence administration when there appears to be no need for one.
<i>In re Peterson's Estate</i>, 137 Wash. 137, 241 P. 964 (1926). Even after one has been commenced, the court may revoke the Administrator's Letters "for the sole purpose of ending an unnecessary administration."
<i>Murphy v. Murphy</i>, 42 Wash. 142, 150, 84 P. 646 (1906). Clearly if an administration is already commenced, the second one is unnecessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Somebody might get clever with arguing which is the more appropriate venue—but I’d still stay that the first one commenced is the one to retain. Once jurisdiction is accepted by the court and a PR has been appointed, they should not be
removed absence malfeasance or nonfeasance. Arguably, it’s the second PR who breached a duty, by failing to ascertain whether a probate had previously been commenced.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Thomas Hackett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 9, 2021 3:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Multiple Probates for Same Decedent in Washington<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interested to know how others have handled having a 2<sup>nd</sup> probate opened in the state of Washington for the same decedent. 2<sup>nd</sup> probate is in a different county. I’ve searched prior listserv discussions and haven’t seen
this come up before. I believe the 1<sup>st</sup> probate filed is the proper case for any objections to be filed into and the 2<sup>nd</sup> probate should be dismissed. What have others done in a situation like this?<o:p></o:p></p>
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