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    <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Extract from Bus. Fin.
      Corp. v. Knoll, No. 73407-5-I (Wash. App. May 23, 2016)<br>
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      Co-personal representatives of a<br>
      nonintervention estate are subject to the same<br>
      laws as co-trustees. RCW 11.68.095. One cotrustee<br>
      alone may not encumber trust property<br>
      unless the other co-trustee consents or delegates<br>
      his power. RCW 11.98.070; Cornett et al. v. West,<br>
      102 Wash. 254, 261, 173 P.44 (1918).<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/25/2024 13:46, Mark Anderson
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Dear
            All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Decedent
            died intestate.  Son and Daughter are appointed as
            Co-Administrators of the Decedent's Estate.  Unbeknownst to
            Daughter, Son receives a (predatory) postcard offering to
            buy the Decedent's house (ugh).  Without consulting
            Daughter, Son signs a "Real Estate Purchase Agreement –
            Escrow Instructions."  Daughter finds out after the fact and
            is upset that she was not even consulted about this.  (There
            are other issues involving the enforceability of the
            document that Son signed, but that is not the subject of
            this particular post.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">The
            Order appointing Co-Administrators is silent as to the
            authority for either Co-Administrator to independently bind
            the Estate.  Is there a statute or case law that speaks to
            this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Mark
              B. Anderson<br>
            </span></b><span
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            LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
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