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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jerimy Kirschner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 21, 2023 11:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] sol on intestate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Would CR60(b) be applicable in this scenario? CR 60(b)(3) would appear to apply to a newly discovered Will, but it only gives a party one year to file. If there
was fraudulent contact by the PR in concealing a Will, then maybe CR60(b)(4) would give more time? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 21, 2023 10:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] sol on intestate</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">I hadn’t though of it that way but I bet that’s the practical statute of limitations on discovery of a Will, based on the intestate heirs’ possession and control of the decedent’s property. Three years for personal property under
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=4.16.080">RCW 4.16.080(2)</a>, and seven or ten years for real property under
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=7.28&full=true#7.28.070">RCW 7.28.070 and .080</a> or
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=4.16.020">RCW 4.16.020(1)</a>. If those limits pass, the intestate heir would have a possession-based and time-based defense to any claim of ownership by the beneficiaries under the will, and maybe even
against a duly appointed Executor under a late-discovered Will.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">I don’t know of any case law on that issue though. Just speculating.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Eric<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">1417 31st Ave South<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Seattle WA 98144-3909<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">206-625-0092<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Don’t see one. I suppose at some point the doctrine of impossibility might come into play, or adverse possession, or any number of other common law doctrines to protect long-held expectations and reliance.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Roger Hawkes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] sol on intestate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Thanks, no time limit?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; Probate and Trust Listserve <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] sol on intestate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.28.150"><span style="color:#2B674D">11.28.150</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<h3 style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Revocation of letters by discovery of will.</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">If after letters of administration are granted a will of the deceased be found and probate thereof be granted, the
letters shall be revoked and letters testamentary or of administration with the will annexed, shall be granted.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 21, 2023 8:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Real Property Listserve <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; Probate and Trust Listserve <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] sol on intestate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Is there a time limit for contesting an intestate probate? Assume a lost will, children commence probate as intestate, PR appointed and work partly done, or completed, then a child finds what appears to be a valid will; what then?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Roger Hawkes, WSBA # 5173<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Physical Address: 423 Main Street<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Both in Sultan, WA 98294<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Email: <a href="mailto:roger@skyvalleylawyers.com">roger@skyvalleylawyers.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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