[WSBARP] Lost Codicil

[Jim Doran]

Thanks.

Jim

James R. Doran
Attorney at Law
100 E. Pine Street -  Suite 205
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360)393-9506
jim at doranlegal.com
www.doranlegal.com


On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 11:37 AM Jeanne Dawes <jjdawes at goregrewe.com> wrote:

> I’ve been successful having the attorney who prepared the will, or the
> witnesses, or one of both or any combination of the above to a Declaration
> of Lost Will.  If the PR has knowledge of the lost will he/she can also do
> a Declaration.  I have not had any problems getting a copy of a lost will
> admitted to probate with some combination of these documents.
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> *Jeanne*
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> *Jeanne J.* *Dawes*
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> Attorney at Law
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> Gore & Grewe, P.S.
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> *From:* wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com *On Behalf Of *Jim Doran
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 20, 2019 11:09 AM
> *To:* WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* [WSBARP] Lost Codicil
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> Estate Advisers:
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> I did a Codicil to a Will and the client lost the original but I have a
> copy of the fully executed Codicil.  Client has passed and the son wants to
> probate the Will with the Codicil.
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> Is it enough for me to do a "Declaration Re: Originality of Codicil" or
> something like that?
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> Is there key language?
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> Thank you.
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> Jim Doran
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> James R. Doran
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> Attorney at Law
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> 100 E. Pine Street -  Suite 205
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> Bellingham, WA 98225
> (360)393-9506
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> jim at doranlegal.com
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> www.doranlegal.com
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