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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Wow. Please post to list, if anyone has anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I don’t have authority, but I agree with your anti-escheat interpretation, that the phrase “to those issue of any grandparent or grandparents who survive the intestate” can be read as having
independent effect. That would mean that if <b><i>any</i></b> issue of a grandparent survive, then the estate goes to them regardless of which grandparent they are related to. The subsequent clauses concerning a 50/50 split between maternal and paternal grandparents’
issue is only triggered if heirs survive in both lines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mimi Wagner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 25, 2024 1:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Intestate estate question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have an intestate estate question. No spouse, children, siblings, parents, grandparents. Under RCW 11.04.015(e), if the intestate are not survived by issue, either parent, issue of the parent, issue of parents, or grandparent,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">“then to those issue of any grandparent or grandparents who survive the intestate; taken as a group, the issue of the maternal grandparent or grandparents shall share equally with the
issue of the paternal grandparent or grandparents, also taken as a group; within each such group, all members share equally if they are all in the same degree of kinship to the intestate, or, if some be of unequal degree, then those of more remote degree shall
take by representation.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There appear to be NO ISSUE AT ALL from the paternal grandparent side.
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is living issue on the maternal grandparent side. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am wondering if the paternal grandfather share (50%) ESCHEATS and the maternal grandmother share (50%) goes by intestacy. I did a quick review of case law, escheat statutes, and practice guides, and don’t find a direct answer to this.
I fear that because the statute makes a distinction between maternal and paternal side, it would seem the paternal grandfather side would escheat, rather than maternal grandmother side taking 100%. The intestacy statute doesn’t say otherwise.
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, the statute does say “grandparent or grandparents” which may be authority for the proposition that the maternal grandmother’s share take 100%. But then the rest of the section talks about splitting the share, and them I am back
to escheat for one-half. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know of any relevant authority in this situation?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">Mimi M. Wagner
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