<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Not to bang the drum - but this is why we need volunteers to be part of our Section leadership. I looked to see who filed comments and there were three. One comment from the AGO with a requested revision to the new (12) that was accepted and added to the rule; and two that make comment about admissibility vs authenticity. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This is how change is happened. It is rarely done with much fanfare and the bare minimum of compliance with notice provisions. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The RPPT Executive Committee will be meeting next week for our annual retreat to start the new year (Bar Year runs October 1 - September 30) and I will propose that we create a new committee that will be simply for tracking rule changes. If the EC accepts this, we will then be looking for people to volunteer for those roles.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">You may be tired of my posts about legislation - but at least you can count on me to try and bring attention by as many people and not wait until after the fact to discover something significant has changed. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Brent</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Former WSBA Governor</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Current RPPT EC Member</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Author of the Currently 2nd highest clicked article about Probate for Profit in the current issue of Bar News (only behind disciplinary notices). <a href="https://wabarnews.org/2026/09/10/ending-probates-for-profit-a-cannon-to-kill-a-mosquito/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:14.6667px">https://wabarnews.org/2026/09/10/ending-probates-for-profit-a-cannon-to-kill-a-mosquito/</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:14.6667px">.</span></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
<i>Attorney-At-Law</i></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Law
Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="1">a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC</font></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal
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Phone:<span style="color:#004080"> </span><font color="#ff0000"><a href="tel:(253)%20285-7751" value="+12532857751" target="_blank">(253) 285-7751</a></font></span></p><p><font color="#ff0000" face="Times New Roman, serif">For All Meetings & Scheduling: <a href="mailto:info@williams-ruthlaw.com" target="_blank">info@williams-ruthlaw.com</a></font></p><p>
</p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Brent@Williams-RuthLaw.com" target="_blank">e-mail</a> / <a href="http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/" target="_blank">website</a> /</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">facebook</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> / </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM Eric Nelsen <<a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com" target="_blank">eric@sayrelawoffices.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"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just started a trial prep for a trial next month and looked at ER 904—discovered it was just amended, effective September 1. The old catch-all provision of ER 904(6) is gone, and now every document has to fit one of the now-twelve enumerated
categories.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looks like the statewide judges’ association lobbied to get sub (6) eliminated because it was—in their view—being abused by lawyers designating hundreds of documents under sub (6), and it generated so many objections it caused more time
and work for the court than it was intended to save.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am bummed. It was nice to be able to get copies of emails and the like easily admitted by that process. The scope of the twelve categories is quite a bit more limited than what was possible under the old sub (6).<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1417+31st+Ave+South+%0D%0A+Seattle+WA+98144-3909?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">
</a><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Eric<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Eric C. Nelsen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1417+31st+Ave+South+%0D%0A+Seattle+WA+98144-3909?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">1417 31st Ave South</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1417+31st+Ave+South+%0D%0A+Seattle+WA+98144-3909?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">Seattle WA 98144-3909</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="tel:(206)%20625-0092" value="+12066250092" target="_blank">206-625-0092</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com" target="_blank">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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