<div dir="ltr"><div>So the Will isn't worded in such a way that funding the bypass trust is optional in a case like this where it isn't needed? That's unusual.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#000000"><font size="4">Genissa Richardson</font><i>,</i> Attorney at Law</font></b></div><div><font color="#000000"><b>True North Legal Services, PLLC</b></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><b>301 Prospect St., Bellingham, WA 98225</b></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><b>PO Box 934, Bellingham, WA 98227 (mailing address)</b></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><b>Phone (360) 639-3393</b></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><b>Fax (360) 838-6584</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>U.S. Coast Guard Veteran</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><font size="4">NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY:</font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>I am out of the office and/or unavailable the following dates:</b></div><div>December 22nd - January 4th, 2026 (Holiday Break)</div><div>January 22nd - February 3rd, 2026 (Much Needed Vacation)</div><div>February 25th, 2026 (Trial)</div><div>March 25th, 2026 (Trial)</div><div>April 2nd - 3rd, 2026</div><div>April 22nd - 24th, 2026</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The information transmitted by this email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. This email may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, be aware that any use, review, retransmission, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers.</b><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><font color="#000000"><br></font></b></i></div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#000000">NOTE: ATTORNEY RICHARDSON AND/OR STAFF ANSWERING AN EMAIL, TEXT, OR PHONE CALL REGARDING A GENERAL INQUIRY DOES NOT ESTABLISH AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU (OR YOUR COMPANY) AND ATTORNEY RICHARDSON OR TRUE NORTH LEGAL SERVICES, PLLC — YOU MUST BE ESTABLISHED AS A CLIENT WITH OUR OFFICE BEFORE ANY SUCH RELATIONSHIP EXISTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP EXISTS, IT PROBABLY DOES NOT.</font></b></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM Anna Van Pelt <<a href="mailto:anna@vanpeltlegal.com">anna@vanpeltlegal.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1550720778699407969">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Anyone have a template they could share for a NJSA to skip a bypass trust? RLT created when the exemption was lower, spouse passed just before it went up to $3 million, and now it would serve no purpose. Surviving
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