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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#215E99">Thanks Brent:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#215E99">Really appreciate all of your work to help us understand this change. And your efforts to try to get the statute fixed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2F5496">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2F5496">Kokie Adams<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<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"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Williams-Ruth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 10, 2026 10:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Probate for Profit Article<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colleagues - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am excited to share the link to the article I wrote about the Probate for Profit bill. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wabarnews.org/2026/09/10/ending-probates-for-profit-a-cannon-to-kill-a-mosquito/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://wabarnews.org/2026/09/10/ending-probates-for-profit-a-cannon-to-kill-a-mosquito/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The very top portion before my text is a reference to the next talk on this - it is a cle put on jointly by WAELA and the WSBA Elder Law Section on September 25th. Link is provided there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The article DOES make it clear that this is just a very high review as there is way too much that changed to covered it in a magazine article. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please help pass this along to those who are doing Estate Planning/Estate Administration work that may not be aware of these changes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brent<o:p></o:p></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>
<i>Attorney-At-Law</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<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><o:p></o:p></p>
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