Summary
| Jurisdiction | Washington |
Chapter Details
Summary| §12.1 | Introduction | ||
| §12.2 | Creditors' Claims | ||
| (1) | Bar on Claims | ||
| (a) | Reasonably Ascertainable Creditors | ||
| (b) | Other Creditors | ||
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| (2) | Probate Creditors' Claim Procedure | ||
| (a) | Providing Notice | ||
| (b) | Filing of Claims | ||
| (c) | Acceptance or Rejection of Claims | ||
| (d) | Allowance of Claims | ||
| (e) | Rejection of Claims | ||
| (3) | Nonprobate Creditors' Claim Procedure | ||
| (a) | Commencement of Nonprobate Claim Procedure | ||
| (b) | Nonprobate Notice to Creditors | ||
| (c) | Filing of Claims | ||
| (d) | Acceptance or Rejection of Claims | ||
| (e) | Allowance of Claims | ||
| (f) | Rejection of Claims | ||
| (g) | Termination of Status of Notice Agent | ||
| (4) | Scope of Creditor Claim Procedure | ||
| (a) | Assets Covered | ||
| (b) | Claims Covered | ||
| (c) | Exceptions—Claims Not Covered | ||
| (5) | Other Issues | ||
| (a) | Claims of Personal Representative or Notice Agent | ||
| (b) | Vacancy in Position of Personal Representative or Notice Agent | ||
| (c) | Community Claims and Liability of Surviving Spouse | ||
| (d) | Lawsuits Filed Before Decedent's Death | ||
| (e) | Judgments Entered Against Decedent Before Death | ||
| (f) | Payment of Claims | ||
| (g) | Abatement | ||
| (6) | Special Client Considerations | ||
| (a) | Representing the Personal Representative | ||
| (b) | Representing the Trustee of a Revocable Living Trust | ||
| (c) | Representing a Beneficiary of a Nonprobate Asset | ||
| (d) | Representing a Claimant | ||
| §12.3 | Omitted Children, Spouses, and Domestic Partners; and the Effect of Separation and Dissolution | ||
| (1) | Omitted Child | ||
| (a) | Statutory Details | ||
| (b) | Children Born Before the Will Is Signed | ||
| (c) | Practical Effect | ||
| (d) | Revocable Living Trust | ||
| (2) | Omitted Spouse or Domestic Partner | ||
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| (3) | Effect of Separation, Dissolution, Invalidation, or Termination of Marriage or Domestic Partnership | ||
| (a) | Wills | ||
| (b) | Nonprobate Assets | ||
| (c) | Community Property Agreements | ||
| (d) | Federal Preemption | ||
| §12.4 | Inheritance Rights of Slayers | ||
| (1) | Statutory Detail | ||
| (2) | Distribution of Decedent's Property | ||
| (3) | Protection of Third Parties | ||
| §12.5 | Uniform Simultaneous Death Act | ||
| §12.6 | Testamentary Disposition of Nonprobate Assets | ||
| (1) | Operation of the Statute | ||
| (2) | Nonprobate Assets | ||
| (3) | Protection for Financial Institutions and Other Third Parties | ||
| §12.7 | Family Support | ||
| (1) | Basic Statutory Structure | ||
| (a) | Increased Award | ||
| (b) | Decreased Award | ||
| (2) | To Whom Awarded | ||
| (3) | Time Limits | ||
| (4) | Procedure | ||
| §12.8 | Ademption Advancement, and Exoneration | ||
| (1) | Ademption | ||
| (2) | Advancement | ||
| (3) | Exoneration | ||
| §12.9 | Abatement of Assets | ||
| (1) | Probate Assets | ||
| (2) | Nonprobate Assets | ||
| §12.10 | Gifts to Trusts | ||
| §12.11 | References to Separate Writings | ||
| (1) | Disposition of Tangible Personal Property by Separate Writing | ||
| (2) | Incorporation of Existing Writing by Reference | ||
| §12.12 | Lapse and the Antilapse Statute | ||
| (1) | The Antilapse Statute | ||
| (2) | Gifts Conditioned on Survival | ||
| §12.13 | Incapacitated or Minor Beneficiaries | ||
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