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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Could there be a case for legal malpractice / practicing without a license against the hospice worker and their employer in favor of the disabled child?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4c76a2">Mark C. 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Thank you.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:navy"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><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"> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Faber<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 20, 2025 4:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Omitted Child Issue and Potential Escheat</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon list,</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have a doozy... </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Decedent, while dying of cancer, wrote her Will on a form given to her by a hospice worker/nurse. Decedent had two children: (A), who is a homeless drug addict, and (B), who is developmentally disabled, is dependent upon public assistance, and lives in a group home. Decedent's Will contains no reference to child A, describes child B as her "only family", appoints Decedent's sister as Personal Representative, contains no specific gifts, and leaves her residuary estate to "No one". According to the Decedent's sister (my prospective client), the hospice worker instructed the Decedent on how to fill out her Will with the stated goal of allowing the sister (as Personal Representative) to distribute the entire estate into a Special Needs Trust that the sister could write after the Decedent died. Lastly, the net estate is probably worth about $380,000.00. Setting aside the apparent brazen violation of RCW 2.48.180, I'm now trying to figure out how to proceed, or if it makes any sense at all to proceed to probating the Will.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Reviewing the Omitted Child statute (RCW 11.12.091), it appears to <i>only </i>apply to a child born or adopted <i>after </i>the date of the Will and therefore A doesn't have an omitted child claim (correct?). But then that means the Will leaves the estate to "no one". My worry is that this effectively means that the estate escheats. Has anyone encountered a situation like this or have any thoughts that could result in the estate going to A and B as intestate heirs? The next step after that will be figuring out a self-settled special needs trust for B, but I'll cross that bridge if we can find a way to even come to it...</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David J. Faber</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Faber Feinson PLLC</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">800 Polk Street, Suite B</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Port Townsend, WA 98368<br>(360) 379-4110</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">*** NOTICE: ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION - PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL. This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or believe that you have received this communication in error, please do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use the information. 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