Claim Against Estate File With Probate Court In Washington
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Under Washington probate law, any person who has the deceased person's will must turn it over either to the probate court or to the personal representative within 30 days of finding out about the death. And if the personal representative has the will, they have 40 days to turn it over to the Washington probate court.
(c) If notice was not provided under this chapter or chapter 11.42 RCW, the creditor must present the claim within twenty-four months after the decedent's date of death.
Washington law requires a petitioner to file a contest within 4 months of the will's admission to probate. The courts enforce this deadline strictly. If the petitioner acts even 1 day past the 4-month deadline, the judge will almost certainly dismiss the contest regardless of its merits.
Such a petition begins a legal proceeding known as a will contest. The petition must be filed within four months of the admission or rejection of the will.
RCW 11.40. 140 provides for strict provisions if you are a creditor of Decedent and wish to present a Creditor's Claim against the estate yourself: You must prepare, file, and serve a written Creditor's Claim, and. You must set a noticed hearing and have the Court determine whether your claim should be allowed.
4 months from date of first publication of Probate Notice to Creditors if creditor was not expected to have been found in a “reasonable review,” or. 24 months from Decedent's date of death if creditor was expected to have been found in a “reasonable review.”
A testator can revoke his or her current will by destroying it, causing it to be revoked with the execution of a new will, or indirectly by operation of law. To revoke a will by destroying it, the testator must burn, tear, cancel, or obliterate it with the intent of and for the purpose of revoking it.
If any person interested in any will shall appear within four months immediately following the probate or rejection thereof, and by petition to the court having jurisdiction contest the validity of said will, or appear to have the will proven which has been rejected, he or she shall file a petition containing his or ...
(c) If notice was not provided under this chapter or chapter 11.42 RCW, the creditor must present the claim within twenty-four months after the decedent's date of death.
RCW 11.40. 140 provides for strict provisions if you are a creditor of Decedent and wish to present a Creditor's Claim against the estate yourself: You must prepare, file, and serve a written Creditor's Claim, and. You must set a noticed hearing and have the Court determine whether your claim should be allowed.
