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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:24:04 +0000<br>
From: Kerry Brink <<a href="mailto:Kbrink@vjglaw.com" target="_blank">Kbrink@vjglaw.com</a>><br>
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Any referrals to help us in locating a missing beneficiary would be much appreciated.<br>
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Thank you so much!<br>
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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:46:41 -0800<br>
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Hello Kerry, <br>
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My office has had good luck with Roy Rutherford of Special Investigations of Washington.<br>
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:47:12 +0000<br>
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Kerry,<br>
Try <a href="https://www.heirsearch.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.heirsearch.com/</a> or <a href="https://www.missingheir.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.missingheir.com/</a> I know the name sounds cheesy, but both are good reputable companies that I have used. They can often find the heir if they are still alive in the US. If not, they'll give you a report you can submit to court as proof of the executor's commercially reasonable attempt to locate the heir. Expect to pay about $1,500-$2,000 for a domestic search, or $4,000-$5,000 for international depending on the country. It is billed hourly, they usually ask for a deposit of the full quote upfront, and if the heir is easy to locate, they'll refund the unused deposit.<br>
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:43:45 +0000<br>
From: Dalynne Singleton <<a href="mailto:dalynne@glgmail.com" target="_blank">dalynne@glgmail.com</a>><br>
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I have new clients and their father married their stepmother in Mexico 20 years ago in a religious ceremony. They do not know if they followed up with a civil ceremony.<br>
Can someone tell me if that is considered a valid marriage in the US if there was never any US civil ceremony? The stepmother was not a US citizen at time of marriage service in Mexico but later became a US citizen.<br>
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>From my understanding the civil ceremony is fully valid for legal purposes here in the United States only if a couple who has a religious ceremony in Mexico, also had the civil ceremony to make it legal in the US.<br>
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:56:46 -0800<br>
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Subject: [WSBAPT] Can a Canadian Citizen be a Witness to a Washington<br>
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This is a snow issue! Clients really want to sign their Wills today, although there is a lot of snow on the ground and more coming. My usual second witness cannot make it in. Available is a visitor from Canada. Can that person witness? The statute just says a Will must be witnessed by two "competent" people. It says nothing about them being US citizens or even a resident. Have any of you dealt with the problem.<br>
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Jeff Davis<br>
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:08:01 +0000<br>
From: Roger Hawkes <<a href="mailto:roger@skyvalleylawyers.com" target="_blank">roger@skyvalleylawyers.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Can a Canadian Citizen be a Witness to a<br>
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Subject: [WSBAPT] Can a Canadian Citizen be a Witness to a Washington Will<br>
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This is a snow issue! Clients really want to sign their Wills today, although there is a lot of snow on the ground and more coming. My usual second witness cannot make it in. Available is a visitor from Canada. Can that person witness? The statute just says a Will must be witnessed by two "competent" people. It says nothing about them being US citizens or even a resident. Have any of you dealt with the problem.<br>
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Jeff Davis<br>
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W. Jeff Davis<br>
BELL & DAVIS PLLC<br>
Attorneys at Law<br>
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720 E. Washington Street, Suite 105<br>
Sequim WA 98382<br>
Phone: (360) 683.1129<br>
Fax: (360) 683.1258<br>
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:11:01 +0000<br>
From: Katie Smith Patel <<a href="mailto:katie@paracletelaw.com" target="_blank">katie@paracletelaw.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Mexico Religious Wedding Ceremony - valid in US<br>
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According to a quick Google search, your understanding appears to be generally correct:<br>
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<a href="https://mx.usembassy.gov/marriage/#:~:text=Mexican%20official%20translator.-,In%20Mexico%2C%20only%20civil%20marriage%20is%20recognized%20as%20legal" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mx.usembassy.gov/marriage/#:~:text=Mexican%20official%20translator.-,In%20Mexico%2C%20only%20civil%20marriage%20is%20recognized%20as%20legal</a>.,replaces%20the%20obligatory%20civil%20marriage.<br>
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But it would seem the civil ceremony could have occurred in either Mexico or the US for the marriage to be legally recognized in the US. Perhaps there will be a record in whatever state in Mexico they resided in, if they had a civil marriage there.<br>
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Paraclete Estate Planning, LLC<br>
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(working remotely from Snohomish, WA)<br>
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Subject: [WSBAPT] Mexico Religious Wedding Ceremony - valid in US as marriage?<br>
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I have new clients and their father married their stepmother in Mexico 20 years ago in a religious ceremony. They do not know if they followed up with a civil ceremony.<br>
Can someone tell me if that is considered a valid marriage in the US if there was never any US civil ceremony? The stepmother was not a US citizen at time of marriage service in Mexico but later became a US citizen.<br>
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>From my understanding the civil ceremony is fully valid for legal purposes here in the United States only if a couple who has a religious ceremony in Mexico, also had the civil ceremony to make it legal in the US.<br>
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