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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“I think that what continues to throw me off is representing to the court, even implicitly, that there is property subject to probate in Clark County (any WA county for that matter).”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You can simply tell the Court that there are assets of the decedent requiring probate to administer and that jurisdiction/venue is in Clark County because that is where the decedent was
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Yates<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2025 3:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Decedent Owned No WA Property But Does Own Mineral Interest Rights in MT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you for the replies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Always good advice Paul and yes, I did make very clear to him that finding some way to value the interest before spending money to get it is absolutely necessary.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mark McClure, I certainly expect that you are correct about jurisdiction, but I think that what continues to throw me off is representing to the court, even implicitly, that there is property
subject to probate in Clark County (any WA county for that matter). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I think that the evaluation as to whether it is worth it gives PC something to chew on and consider and we’ll go from there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks again for the responses.<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2025 2:48 PM<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] Decedent Owned No WA Property But Does Own Mineral Interest Rights in MT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Matthew, you have probably done this but you should have the PC get a good FMV of the mineral rights. I’ve had clients in similar situations walk away because the mineral rights were not
worth the hassle and cost of opening the probates. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Yates<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2025 2:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Decedent Owned No WA Property But Does Own Mineral Interest Rights in MT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Received a call from a PC whose father died intestate, and PC is only legal heir. PC indicates that while father lived in WA, he owned no property in WA (except personal property not warranting
probate) and the only asset is a mineral interest right in MT. PC indicates that he called an attorney in MT who indicated that PC has to open probate in WA and then do ancillary probate in MT. I’m not sure what would be the subject of the WA probate if MT
attorney is accurate. I have handled many probates with property in other states requiring ancillary probate proceedings, but I cannot say I’ve had to open an ancillary probate when there is no property in WA.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Anyone encounter this issue before? I’m wondering what I’m missing here.
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Matthew D. Yates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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