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<p class="MsoNormal">The key word in the newer 1994 statute is “after” the will’s execution. In Jane’s fact pattern, this person was clearly born BEFORE the will was executed, so my reading is that she wouldn’t be considered an omitted child. If it was a case
of intestacy, then different answer, obviously with the issues of sufficient proof.
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.12.091"><span style="color:#2B674D">11.12.091</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Omitted child.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">(1<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">) If a will fails to name or provide for a child of the decedent
who is born or adopted by the decedent after the will's execution</span> and who survives the decedent, referred to in this section as an "omitted child," the child must receive a portion of the decedent's estate as provided in subsection (3) of this section,
unless it appears either from the will or from other clear and convincing evidence that the failure was intentional.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">(2) In determining whether an omitted child has been named or provided for, the following rules apply:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">(a) A child identified in a will by name is considered named whether identified as a child or in any other manner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">(b) A reference in a will to a class described as the children, descendants, or issue of the decedent who are born after
the execution of the will, or words of similar import, constitutes a naming of a person who falls within the class. A reference to another class, such as a decedent's heirs or family, does not constitute such a naming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">(c) A nominal interest in an estate does not constitute a provision for a child receiving the interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">(3) The omitted child must receive an amount equal in value to that which the child would have received under RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.015"><b><span style="color:#2B674D">11.04.015</span></b></a> if
the decedent had died intestate, unless the court determines on the basis of clear and convincing evidence that a smaller share, including no share at all, is more in keeping with the decedent's intent. In making the determination, the court may consider,
among other things, the various elements of the decedent's dispositive scheme, provisions for the omitted child outside the decedent's will, provisions for the decedent's other children under the will and otherwise, and provisions for the omitted child's other
parent under the will and otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">(4) In satisfying a share provided by this section, the bequests made by the will abate as provided in chapter <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.10"><b><span style="color:#2B674D">11.10</span></b></a> RCW.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">[ <a href="http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/1993-94/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2270-S.SL.pdf?cite=1994%20c%20221%20%C2%A7%209"><b><span style="color:#2B674D">1994
c 221 § 9</span></b></a>.]<o:p></o:p></span></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>Tom Westbrook<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 11, 2022 12:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] "Child" of decedent not mentioned in his Will<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I dealt with this 20 years ago, but the claimant was not a DNA match upon blood test. I wouldn’t take Ancestry or 23 & Me as being the expert on parentage. I would get a court order
requiring the claimant to get a blood test and go from there. If claimant is a biological child, then sadly, it is my understanding from 20 years ago research that claimant shares in the estate.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sincerely,</span><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>Jane Bitz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 11, 2022 11:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] "Child" of decedent not mentioned in his Will<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I have a new case where the decedent signed a Will that says he has no children. Since his death, his nephew who is named as PR has been contacted by a woman claiming to be his daughter who contacted him prior
to his death and prior to his Will’s execution date through Ancestry.com. She says that she is represented by an attorney.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I know that 11.12.091 repealed the previous “pretermitted child” statute in 1994. Is she still entitled to an intestate share if she can prove parentage?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jane.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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