<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good morning:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I have a client who has been appointed as the administrator of her brother's estate. He was 16 years old when he died. A big part of why we needed to open probate and appoint an administrator was because a wrongful death action was being pursued and someone needed to be appointed to act on behalf of the estate. </div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Clearly, the decedent died without a Will - in large part of course because he couldn't legally execute a Will as a minor. My assumption has been that his assets are to be distributed under the laws of intestacy.... but this is just weird enough with him being a minor that I wanted to reach out and see if anyone has dealt with similar circumstances and would be willing to brainstorm with me. He wasn't married and didn't have kids, so his estate is set to go to his parents - and the decedent's mother was completely out of the picture while he was alive (they didn't even know where mom was living). I'm wondering if there is a case to be made that if he had been old enough to execute a Will, he would not have left anything to his estranged mother? Any case law anyone is aware of? Or are we just stuck with the laws of intestacy? </div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you in advance for sharing your wisdom!</div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Warmly,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Kendel</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">--</span></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="338"><col width="74"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kendel Froese </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Attorney, <a href="https://www.froeselawpllc.com" target="_blank">Froese Law PLLC</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">203 N. Washington | Suite 200 | </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Spokane, WA | 99201 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">509.514.5317 (Call & Text) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Instantly schedule an appointment with me </span><a href="https://calendly.com/froeselawpllc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><img width="81" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zIKTONA4xR_ILmHA0lPNyhV8gYAahIDfE1ggzT7AFZZ37uqqMctCKGu4jXmiuQpGJ1gLu9nes"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please Note!</b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The information contained in this email and any attachments are meant only for t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