<html><body><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-size:12pt;"><div>I would think that since house vests immediately in A&B, A was just protecting her and B's interest. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="sigimg0" title="signature image" src="cid:sigimg0@163cb71f6833376bf4c7b3ac271e6cf8" border="0" alt=""></div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: [WSBARP] Estate Expenses question<br>
From: Gerald Sprute <<a href="mailto:sprutelaw@msn.com">sprutelaw@msn.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, September 02, 2020 3:49 pm<br>
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</style> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size:12pt;; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> Question regarding reimbursement for estate expenses:<o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size:12pt;; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> <o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size:12pt;; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> A&B will inherit proceeds from house sale<o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size:12pt;; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> A,B C and D will inherit the remainder<o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size:12pt;; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> A is the executor, spent her own money paying the mortgage and utilities while the house was on the market.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Now that the house is sold, where does she get reimbursed for “loaning” money to the estate?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size:12pt;; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> </div> <ul> <li>From the house proceeds because it only benefitted A&B, </li><li>or from the remainder as an “estate admin” expense? <br> <br> If it makes a difference, the mortgage is mostly interest payments so there is no real increase in equity due to the mortgage being paid (the loan just stayed out of default which would have complicated the sale) <o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p></li></ul> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span> <div></div> <br> </div> <div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Jerry Sprute </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div id="Signature"> <div>Law Office of Gerald A. Sprute<br> P.O. Box 1657<br> Duvall, WA 98019<br> Tel: (425) 892-4079<br> Fax: (425) 844-9151<br> <a href="http://www.sprutelaw.com" target="_blank">www.sprutelaw.com </a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <blockquote><b><span style="color:blue; font-size:7.5pt">Confidentiality Notice:</span></b><span style="color:blue; font-size:7.5pt"> The information contained in this communication is Confidential and may also be Attorney-Privileged.</span><span style="color:olive; font-size:10pt"></span><br> <span style="color:olive; font-size:10pt"></span> <br> <font size="1"><span style="color:blue; font-size:7.5pt"><font face="Palatino Linotype"><font color="#000040">The information contained in this communication is intended for the individual or entity <span class="ecxecxEC_EC_EC_462415623-27032009">to</span> whom it is addressed.<span class="ecxecxEC_EC_EC_462415623-27032009"> </span></font></font></span></font><span style="color:blue; font-size:7.5pt"><font color="#000040" face="Palatino Linotype" size="1">If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that unauthorized viewing, dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmission is in violation of the Electric Communications Privacy Act of 1986 as well as the Domestic and International Laws and Treaties. <span class="ecxecxEC_EC_EC_462415623-27032009"> </span>If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify Gerald Sprute by telephone at 425.892.4079 and delete it from your system.</font> </span><br> </blockquote> <br> </div> </div> </div> <hr>***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***<br>
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