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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Bob's share is just slightly over $100,000. And Bob lived in California whereas Bob's mother lives in Arkansas.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Is Bob’s share over $100k?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">If under, perhaps you could request a small estate affidavit from mom?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Estate Distribution Interpleader<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Dear All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">A Personal Representative, with nonintervention powers, is ready to make distributions from a testate Estate. Unfortunately, one of the out-of-state legatees (let's call him "Bob") recently died and no probate
action has yet been initiated for Bob. We believe Bob had no will and we have located a person who we believe to be Bob's sole heir (his mother).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">At this point, I am planning to petition the Court to approve distributions from the Estate, supported by an accounting. I plan to give appropriate notice of this petition to Bob's mother. My petition will
also seek permission from the Court to interplead the funds that would have otherwise gone to Bob. That way, we can get our distributions out of the way and then leave it up to Bob's estate, whenever established, to collect the funds from the Clerk of the
Court.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">1. Is this the right approach?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">2, Could any of you provide an example of language for the petition to request permission to interplead Bob's funds?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">In advance, thanks for your continued help here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060">Mark B. Anderson<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#002060">ANDERSON LAW FIRM PLLC<br>
821 Dock Street, Suite 209, PMB 4-12<br>
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