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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">If the decedent was a sole proprietor, would the disgruntled employee have to bring a creditor’s claim first? I just skimmed the query and know nothing about the L & I process of a wage claim.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";letter-spacing:-.1pt">CARL LLOYD GAY</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";letter-spacing:-.1pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#c00000;background:white"> Non nobis solum nati sumus</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#c00000"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">“Not unto ourselves alone are we born” </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">~</span><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">the motto of Willamette University~</span><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT""> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT"">Law Offices</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">G</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">REENAWAY </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Harrington">& </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">G</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">AY </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Attorneys and Counselors at Law </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">(</span><b><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Established 1985)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">734 East First Street Suite A</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Port Angeles, Washington 98362</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Email <a href="mailto:carl@greenawaylawfirm.com"><span style="color:blue">carl@greenawaylawfirm.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Telephone (360) 452-3323</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Facsimile (360) 452-3724 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">THIS EMAIL TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED, AND MAY CONTAIN PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THAT IS COVERED BY THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT (18 USC §§ 2510-2521). 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Given the Will, sounds like your client wasn’t named PR anyway.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Send the note for hearing to same people/L&I unless already done so. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">If you are withdrawing, file a notice of withdrawal and have the date of withdrawal be the date of the hearing and again serve on same people/L&I.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Dalynne Singleton</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Gourley Law Group</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Snohomish Escrow</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The Exchange Connection</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">1002 10<sup>th</sup> Street / PO Box 1091</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Snohomish, WA 98291</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">360.568.5065</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">360.568.8092 fax</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><a href="mailto:dalynne@glgmail.com" target="_blank">dalynne@glgmail.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Website: </span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><a href="http://www.glglawgroup.com/" target="_blank">www.glglawgroup.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Attorney/client meetings will be handled by teleconference or virtually whenever possible. 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A will has been discovered and my client is no longer interested in the estate. The will has been filed in the probate and there is hearing set to determine who will serve in my client’s place. Meanwhile, I just received a wage complaint from L&I on behalf of an employee of the decedent’s company (essentially, a one-person operation about which my client knows very little). I asked L&I for more time to respond because they have set a deadline which is before the probate hearing. L&I said no and “the process will continue to advance” if my client doesn’t pay up or provide records to dispute the employee’s claim by their deadline. Anyone had experience with something like this? The business records haven’t even been accessed yet and it’s not clear whether this employee is owed money or in what amount - Shannon</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="127" valign="top" style="width:95.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="115" height="83" style="width:1.1979in;height:.8645in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.png@01D9F54A.DD741E60"></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p></td><td width="511" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:383.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323e4f">Shannon R. 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