<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I agree with Melinda.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Our practice is to give the heirs the proposed distribution schedule with the Declaration of Completion and offer the option of acknowledging that when they receive their check they will have received their full distributive share and include a waiver of further notice.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Let them know when you have received all of the Beneficiaries' Acknowledgements and Waivers the checks will be cut, otherwise distributions will be mailed out 30 days after the Declaration of Completion has been filed, so long as no objections to the Declaration of Completion (administrative amounts) have been filed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Most Beneficiaries want their shares ASAP and are more than willing to sign the acknowledgement and waiver.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Melinda Grout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mkgroutlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">mkgroutlaw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Justin,<div><br></div><div>You can close without court order if you do it properly. There are excellent forms and instructions on <a href="http://Wa-probate.com" target="_blank">Wa-probate.com</a>. </div><div><br><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Regards,<br><br>Melinda Grout<br>Law Office of Melinda K Grout, PS<br>17325 W. Main Street / P.O. Box 1360<br>Monroe, WA 98272<br><a href="tel:(360)%20794-4322" value="+13607944322" target="_blank">360-794-4322</a> / Fax: <a href="tel:(425)%20744-6745" value="+14257446745" target="_blank">425-744-6745</a><br><br>Emphasizing Estate Planning, Probate, and Elder Law<br><a href="http://mkgroutlaw.com" target="_blank">mkgroutlaw.com</a><br><br>NOTE: <br>1. This office does not accept service of pleadings or process service by e-mail or fax except with the express prior permission of the intended recipient.<br>2. This email address is not monitored at all times. If your matter is urgent, please phone my office.<br>3. Messages sent to or from my office via email are not encrypted and not secure.<br>4. This email may contain confidential material protected by attorney/client privilege, and is intended for use solely by the above referenced recipient. Any review, copying, printing, disclosure, distribution, or other use is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the named recipient, or may have received this email in error, please reply to sender and delete the copy you received. <br>5. This message does not provide any legal advice, or imply an attorney-client relationship, and does not contain the signature of the sender or any other party. You are not a client of this law firm unless you have paid a retainer and signed an attorney/client agreement for representation on a particular matter.</div>
</div>
<br></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
WSBARP mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/wsbarp</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4">*************************************************</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Jayne Marsh Gilbert</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Gilbert and Gilbert Lawyers, PS</font></div>
<div><font size="4">(360) 336-9515</font></div>
<div><font size="4">*************************************************</font></div></div></div></div>
</div>