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<p class="MsoNormal">We are setting up probate for the estate of decedent who injured our client in an MVC, and the question is if the insurance policy, which seems to cover legal fees re estate administration, must pay to
<i>set up</i> the probate. We don’t represent the client in the PI case.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:SlatePro-Light"><i>if the insured named in the Declarations or the spouse of the insured resident in the same household dies, the<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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