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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I think the named executor in a will has priority over surviving spouse. See the first sentence of RCW 11.28.120, which confirms it only applies if there is no will, or if all the named executors have declined
or fail to act. I agree that spouse can still administer all community property under RCW 11.28.030.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah McCarthy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 8, 2024 2:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Does omitted spouse have authority to be PR under RCW 11.28.120(1)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">We all know that the omitted spouse statute says that the omitted spouse gets to take the spouse's intestate share of assets that the spouse would otherwise have received had the
testator died intestate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">But - does the omitted spouse also have first priority rights to be PR, under RCW 11.28.120(1), as if the testator had died without a will?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Or, is the omitted spouse stuck with the PR named in the Will, and the option of seeking appointment as to the CP estate under RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.030"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">11.28.030</span></b></a>? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Thanks for any input,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Sarah <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sarah O’Farrell McCarthy</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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