<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This will help them be able to use a small estate affidavit. This is greatly helpful. </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
<i>Attorney-At-Law</i></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Law
Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="1">a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC</font></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal
Way, WA 98003</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#ff0000">Mailing Address:</font> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PO BOX 3319; Federal Way, WA 98063 </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Office/Scheduling
Phone:<span style="color:#004080"> </span><font color="#ff0000">(253) 285-7751</font></span></p><p><font color="#ff0000" face="Times New Roman, serif">For All Meetings & Scheduling: <a href="mailto:info@williams-ruthlaw.com" target="_blank">info@williams-ruthlaw.com</a></font></p><p>
</p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Brent@Williams-RuthLaw.com" target="_blank">e-mail</a> / <a href="http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/" target="_blank">website</a> /</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">facebook</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> / </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM Lewis, Amy C. <<a href="mailto:ALewis@eisenhowerlaw.com">ALewis@eisenhowerlaw.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="msg8546177306562485909">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brent,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Take a look at the attached pages (starting with the bottom of page 260) from my old version of Reutlinger and Oltman on Washington Law of Wills and Intestate Succession (one of my partners is currently using the newer version
for trial prep <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span>). It confirms that for disinheritance by Will to be effective, the Will has to name an alternative beneficiary.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";margin:0in 0in 6pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Amy Lewis,
Attorney<br>Pronouns she/her/hers<br></span><img style="height: 68px; width: 211px;" src="cid:ii_19dfa9e9fae1a90d30d1" width="211" height="68" border="0"><br></p><u></u></font></font></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">909 A Street, Suite
600 | Tacoma, WA 98402<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></strong>phone 253.572.4500 | fax 253.272.5732
|</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span><a href="http://www.eisenhowerlaw.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(192,0,0)">www.eisenhowerlaw.com</span></a></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Lewis, Amy C.
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 5, 2026 4:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [WSBAPT] Old Will - Disinherited all blood heirs....now what?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t think the disinheritance is effective if he did not designate other beneficiaries in the Will. The Will is essentially ineffective, and the estate is intestate. My understanding is that type of language in a Will does not override
the rules of intestacy.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Williams-Ruth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Old Will - Disinherited all blood heirs....now what?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I have a new probate, Executor is the Decedent's Grandson. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">He and I were talking and he brought up the issue of his Grandmother's Brother - we shall call him X. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">X died, single with no children months before his sibling (my Decedent). My Decedent was his only surviving sibling. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">My Executor found a properly executed Will among X's possessions from 1982. It is paraphrased to say: I give everything to my loving mother. I expressly disinherit my father and three siblings
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">X's mother died a long while back. My client has no idea if his Great Grandmother had any other family - we can say there is no connection to anyone from that extended branch of the family tree. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">There is about $15,000 spread across a Charles Schwab account, a Bank of America account, and another investment/retirement account at Franklin & Templeton. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am open to ideas - everyone that my client knows is someone who has been expressly disinherited. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Appreciate your insights. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Law Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal Way, WA 98003</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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