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<div dir="ltr">I’ve done this. You basically petition and have resignation of current PR to file. It is done ex parte if named in Will as first PR.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Worked for me.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Dalynne Singleton</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 18, 2025 7:49:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] quick questions re process</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Listmates:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are handling a probate action where decedent named his ex-wife/primary beneficiary/mother of his children as PR of his estate. His death was sudden and she was battling cancer, so she declined to act
and decedent’s next-named PR (decedent’s elderly brother) was appointed by the court as PR.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Very complicated hard assets, lots of complex transactions (e.g., difficult real estate sales), and PR lives across the state and cannot be reached by phone or email. So, given all is proving to be too
much for the brother, he wants out and is going to resign. The first-named PR (ex-wife/primary beneficiary) is willing to step back in and ask to be appointed. She’s in a much better position now to handle the probate. No disputes.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The process questions are:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does this mean she will be an “administrator de bonis non,” since she is coming in to handle the assets not yet administered?
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does she <u>petition</u> to be appointed, or do we file a
<u>motion</u> asking for the change?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is advance notice of the hearing needed, since she was named in the decedent’s will as PR and the estate is solvent (RCW 11.68.011(2)(a) seems to say no)?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Any other bases we need to cover?
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks, oh wise ones, for your anticipated suggestions –
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kate</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Cataneo BT"; color:blue">Kate Szurek</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">, J.D., LL.M. (in Taxation)</span></p>
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