<div dir="ltr">Thanks.<div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>James R. Doran<br></div>Attorney at Law<br></div>100 E. Pine Street - Suite 205<br></div>Bellingham, WA 98225<br>(360)393-9506<br></div><a href="mailto:jim@doranlegal.com" target="_blank">jim@doranlegal.com</a><br></div><a href="http://www.doranlegal.com" target="_blank">www.doranlegal.com</a><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 11:37 AM Jeanne Dawes <<a href="mailto:jjdawes@goregrewe.com">jjdawes@goregrewe.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:blue">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Jim Doran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 20, 2019 11:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Lost Codicil<u></u><u></u></p>
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