<div dir="ltr">Amy,<div><br></div><div>The ancillary probate is what I was thinking the PC was referring to, which makes the most sense. But the PC was quite clear that her IA attorney said the WA attorney does everything in IA and there is no need for the IA attorney to do anything. That is why it sounded odd. I will chalk this up to the PC not knowing what they are talking about. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM Amy Goertz <<a href="mailto:amyjgoertz@icloud.com">amyjgoertz@icloud.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>I recently did something along this line with an estate that had property in Washington and Texas. <div><br></div><div>We did a standard probate here in Washington, and the Texas attorney then filed certified copies of our probate documents there in Texas to do a deed transfer there.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the probate process in Texas was complicated, but if it was an ancillary (which I assume “spill over” is the same thing) then all they needed was the Washington paperwork.</div><div><br></div><div>Since we had Texas counsel, we were not practicing law in the other jurisdiction.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Amy<br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i><br><br></i></font></div><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Amy J. Goertz, J.D.</i></font></div><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC</i></font></div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="mailto:amyjgoertz@icloud.com" target="_blank">amyjgoertz@icloud.com</a> </div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">1.888.926.2607 phone<br>1.877.684.1627 fax<br><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Address for correspondence:</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">2829 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 303<br>Spokane, WA 99203 </div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Additional office locations:</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">510 Bell Street<br>Edmonds, WA 98020</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://www.goertzlambrecht.com/" target="_blank">www.goertzlambrecht.com</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><br></div><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 6, 2026, at 10:34 AM, Ryan Castle <<a href="mailto:ryan@ryancastlelawfirm.com" target="_blank">ryan@ryancastlelawfirm.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>All,</div><div><br></div><div>I just spoke with a potential client wanting a "spill over probate" because the estate has real estate in WA and IA. I have never heard of a spill over probate. The PC explained their IA attorney told them to start the probate in WA and then the WA attorney can apply to the IA court to do a spill over probate to administer the IA real estate. The PC said she has spoken with other WA attorneys who have experience with spill over probates. I just googled "spill over probate" and the internet seems to think the concept does not exist. Does anyone know what this PC could be talking about? If it exists, how does this actually work? and how do you avoid the 'practicing law without a license' issue in the non-WA state?</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Ryan Castle </div><div>Castle Law Firm, PLLC</div><div>Managing Attorney<br><div>T: 360-592-3504</div><div>1313 E. Maple St., Suite 790</div><div>Bellingham, WA 98225</div><div><a href="https://ryancastlelawfirm.com/" target="_blank">https://ryancastlelawfirm.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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