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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s actually still somewhat useful. Because you have a Will nominating a PR. The PR can apply to admit the will without notice to heirs, and can get nonintervention powers without notice to heirs! RCW 11.68.011(2). Unless the will states
that the court not grant NIP, the court shall grant NIP to a PR named in a Will. I think you saved yourself having a hearing on the issue of NIP. As long as PR can allege solvency in the petition, you should be fine.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bond is a different issue. Review 11.28.185 to see if you can make an argument to waive bond (e.g. PR is surviving spouse, sole heir, etc.). If not, then you’ll need waivers signed by all the heirs, or set a hearing and have the court determine
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks for all the quick replies. This Will is missing any distribution clause (so intestacy statute applies) – not is there a paragraph with non-intervention powers or waiver
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<p class="MsoNormal">I also had a Will that appointed a PR but had no residue clause. It was prepared by an attorney(!) We offered the Will and proceeded as a testate probate, but, noting the omission cited the intestacy statutes for distribution in the petition
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The other item a Will might be good for, though defunct in some ways, is to have a written waiver of bond and non intervention powers. If the Will doesn’t have that, you
can still request no bond and non-intervention, just need to cite the appropriate statutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kokie,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The short will can be valid as to what it says. I recently had a one-page will admitted that said something like “I appoint my sister to sell my house and distribute the proceeds of sale to these people…”. It had no residue clause so decedent
would be intestate as to the residue, but the will is valid to appoint the executor and control disposition of the asset it covered. Does your will have any useful language? If not, I might file it with the probate court, but proceed under intestacy
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">If a person creates a one page Will (from a form book) that is witnessed, but document fails to list to whom assets are to be distributed is it a valid Will? If so, to whom
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