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<p>Law Office of<br>
<strong>F.ANDREKITA SILVA</strong><br>
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May 23, 2022<br>
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Diane,<br>
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I’ve never been awarded a judgment against someone in a probate action.<br>
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However, unless the person voluntarily satisfies the judgment by paying the legal fees (and then you execution a satisfaction of judgment and filing it with the court), I am just guessing but I assume you would have to take garnishment action against this debtor just as you would against any other judgment debtor. <br>
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You’d garnish either the debtor’s wages/ earnings or a bank account. <br>
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You can walk through the garnishment statute RCW 6.27. and you can do this yourself. The forms are on the court’s website at https://www.courts.wa.gov/ This is extraordinarily time consuming. You can be compensated for your legal fees but the last time I checked, legal fees are $100.00 or 10% of the amount left to collect, not to exceed $300.00.<br>
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Hopefully, the judgment awarded is large enough to make it worth your time. I believe there are attorneys out there who regularly handle garnishment actions. I assume they use paralegals and have other ways to stream line their process and make it worth it for them.<br>
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andrekita<br>
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva<br>
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000<br>
Seattle, Washington 98101<br>
206-224-8288<br>
www.seattle-silvalaw.com<br>
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Quoting "Diane J. Kiepe" <<a href="mailto:DJKiepe@depdslaw.com">DJKiepe@depdslaw.com</a>>:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">I am curious if you could share with me the steps you would take (or have taken), or direct me to a good source in the event, one is awarded a judgement that consists primarily or solely of attorney fees and when there is no estate to be distributed to the person whom legal fees are assessed against. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Thanks in advance – my Monday morning brain is in slow motion.</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11px;">andrekita<br>
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva<br>
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000<br>
Seattle, Washington 98101<br>
206-224-8288<br>
www.seattle-silvalaw.com</span></span></div>
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