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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My first thought was that if you have nonintervention powers that you do not need a court order to continue the business of the deceased.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does not the statute state that if the decedent left a nonintervention will and the estate is solvent that this section does not apply? Meaning that you do not need a court order to continue the business
of the deceased?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You say PR has nonintervention powers, but you did not specify that the will conferred such powers. Do you have a nonintervention will?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Also note that RCW 11.68.090 lists off several sections of RCW 11.48 that a will may not limit the effect of, but does not list RCW 11.48.025, which would indicate that a nonintervention will can limit the
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 15, 2026 11:08 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Anyone have any experience with petitioning the court under RCW 11.48.025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Fellow Listservers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I may need to petition the court to allow the Personal Representative to continue a single member LLC under RCW 11.48.025. The PR has non-intervention powers and is solvent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As I’ve never had to do this before, I had some quick questions,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">I believe that the statute does not first require a show cause hearing and that only after granting the order may an interested party seek to contest or limit the order granting the
authority to manage the business. Is this correct or is a show cause hearing first required? The statute states “Any interested person may for good cause require the personal representative to show cause why the authority granted him or her should not be
limited or terminated. The order to show cause shall set forth the manner of service thereof and the time and place of hearing thereon.”
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Does anyone have a sample or template or past petition and order that they can share with me? I’d prefer not to re-invent the wheel and simply substitute in the relevant parts such
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p>
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