[WSBARP] Personal Representative

[Brandyn Miller]

Good afternoon!

 

For an Administration in which you want to get your Administrator appointed with NIP, and you don’t have the prior written approval of all heirs, you have to note it up for a hearing on the petition to appoint the Adm and send notices ahead of time to all heirs telling them about the hearing.  You send the NMD, a Notice of the Hearing on the Petition, and the Petition and proposed Order.  If that obstreperous sibling wants to show up to the hearing and object, she/he can.  If nobody shows up and objects, the court will likely grant your petition (barring any oddities).  

 

This hearing process can also apply even if you are opening a probate and the will names the PR you are trying to appoint, if there are extenuating circumstances (for example when trying to admit a copy of a lost will or trying to admit a marked-up will).

 

I have only done a few of these (all in King County), so I’m sure others can offer better advice, but I hope this is helpful for starters.

 

Good luck!

 

Brandyn D. Miller

Counselor at Law

206-633-4114

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Subject: [WSBARP] Personal Representative

 

They say "no question is a dumb question" but....

 

Most of the probates I have done the heirs have agreed upon the appointment of the Personal Representative and I go to get the letters of Administration with signed stipulations for the appointment.

 

If it is known by my client that there will be objections to his appointment by a obstreperous sibling, what are we obligated to do?  Do we get the PR appointed with a standard Petition and then give the typical notices that gives the objecting heir an opportunity to come to court to object and plead their case?  Is it as simple as that?

 

Jim Doran

 

 

 


James R. Doran

Attorney at Law

100 E. Pine Street -  Suite 205

Bellingham, WA 98225
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