Dear Tacoma, What I understand is: 1. During his life, Decedent purchased or otherwise acquired a stable of cars etc. 2. He obtained their...

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What is Heir's Recourse Re Estate Personal Property

Dear Seattle, You are presenting multiple messy issues &, in my opinion, would benefit from engaging a probate attorney to assist you in sorting...

What recourse do i have after executor stoled stock from the estate, then closed the estate.

Dear Seattle, Your remedy is to petition the Court to re-open the estate based on two grounds: 1. You never received a copy of the closing...

Do the joint owners of assets inherit the entire asset even if the estate goes to probate?

Dear Seattle, IRAs can't pass to a beneficiary is there is no named beneficiary or if the named beneficiary has died before the IRA's owner. In...

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Dear Seattle, While WA law does provide that a Decedent's Will is required to be filed with the Court (which is often ignored), WA law does not...

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Illegal writng things on death certiicate thats not true?

Dear Bothell, Write the Dept. of Health, provide the evidence to support your assertions, & request that the Death Certificate be changed to...

My father died in Wash state and did not leave a Will. How do my brother and I settle his estate? We don't know where to begin.

Dear Everett, If the estate contains no real property & less than $100,000 of personal property, then...

Is an individual who is a ward of the state of Washington entitled to a share of the inheritance upon their father's passing?

Dear Olympia, If the father dies without a Will (ie, intestate), then his heirs are entitled to his estate unconditionally. If one of his heirs...

How does a bequest need to be paid out.The bequest was for $50,000. Can we transfer a beneficiary IRA to satisfy the bequest?

Dear Kirkland, While I agree with the former comments that an executor has great discretion, in this case, if the Will says "I give $50,000 to...

Probate notice to creditors question

Dear Seattle, As Decedent died over two years ago, the two-year claims period has expired, so there is neither any requirement to publish nor...