[WSBARP] Standing to bring an ejectment

[Genissa Richardson]

Listmates,

I have a probate client who has not yet been appointed as PR and I'm trying
to figure out if he must be appointed as PR first before he has standing to
eject. It's his sister who is squatting in their late father's home and
evidently destroying it.  (I've had to note a hearing to get him appointed
because his sister, the squatter, will not sign a declination to act).
Neither my client nor his sister is the beneficiary of the home under the
decedent's Will, which is why I question if he has standing on his own as
an heir under 7.28.010.

If I have to wait for my client to be appointed as PR to bring the
ejectment, could I instead ask the decedent's granddaughter, who is the
beneficiary of the home under the Will, to be the plaintiff. She is the
daughter of the squatter and obviously has an interest in the property as
the beneficiary of it.
*Genissa Richardson, Attorney at Law*
*True North Legal Services, PLLC*
*301 Prospect St., Bellingham, WA 98225*
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