Your step-mom has a duty to provide the will to the court - if the will actually exists. Check out RCW 11.20.010. Alternatively, if you have...

I'm not sure we have enough information to understand what you're asking. If the neighbor is the nominated PR in the will, there is no need to...

Sounds like something you could report to the state attorney general.

It is not uncommon for investment and retirement accounts to have pay on death (POD) beneficiaries. When that is the case, those funds pass...

You can request it, but if it was revoked it might not exist anymore. The firm who drafted it may have a copy. Probate court does not have...

As always, it depends on the specific facts involved, but it's more a question of risk than penalty.

According to RCW 10.14.020, unlawful harassment is "a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms,...

As you already know, the custodian of a will has a duty to file the same with the clerk of the court. However, a will is just an expression of...

If the claim was rejected, they would be forced to file a lawsuit within 30 days, naming the estate as the/a defendant. Generally speaking, they...

If the check is made out to her personally and probate has not been opened, there is no one with authority to sign/endorse for her. You could ask...