RCW 11.68.011 Settlement without court intervention—Petition—Conditions—Exceptions. (1) A personal representative may petition the court for nonintervention powers, whether the decedent died testate or intestate. (2) Unless the decedent has specified in the decedent’s will, if any, that the court not grant nonintervention powers to the personal representative, the court shall grant nonintervention powers to a […]
RCW 11.68.021 Hearing on petition for nonintervention powers. A hearing on a petition for nonintervention powers may be held at the time of the appointment of the personal representative or at any later time. [ 1997 c 252 § 60.] NOTES: Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
RCW 11.68.041 Petition for nonintervention powers—Notice requirements—Exceptions. (1) Advance notice of the hearing on a petition for nonintervention powers referred to in RCW 11.68.011 is not required in those circumstances in which the court is required to grant nonintervention powers under RCW 11.68.011(2) (a) and (b). (2) In all other cases, if the petitioner wishes […]
RCW 11.68.050 Objections to granting of nonintervention powers—Restrictions. (1) If at the time set for the hearing upon a petition for nonintervention powers, any person entitled to notice of the hearing on the petition under RCW 11.68.041 shall appear and object to the granting of nonintervention powers to the personal representative of the estate, the […]
RCW 11.68.060 Death, resignation, or disablement of personal representative—Successor to administer nonintervention powers—Petition. If any personal representative of the estate of the decedent dies, resigns, or otherwise becomes disabled from any cause from acting as the nonintervention personal representative, the successor personal representative, or a person who has petitioned to be appointed as a successor […]
RCW 11.68.065 Report of affairs of estate—Petition by beneficiary—Filing—Notice—Hearing—Other accounting and information. A beneficiary who has not acknowledged in writing that his, her, or its interest in an estate has been fully paid or distributed may petition the court for an order directing the personal representative to deliver a report of the affairs of the […]
RCW 11.68.070 Procedure when personal representative recreant to trust or subject to removal. (1)(a) A party, as defined in RCW 11.96A.030, may petition the court under chapter 11.96A RCW for a determination that a personal representative: (i) Has breached a fiduciary duty; (ii) Has exceeded the personal representative’s authority; (iii) Has abused the personal representative’s […]
RCW 11.68.080 Vacation or restriction of nonintervention powers following insolvency—Notice—Determinations affecting prior grants of nonintervention powers upon petition—Endorsement on prior orders. (1) Within ten days after the personal representative has received from alleged creditors under chapter 11.40 RCW claims that have an aggregate face value that, when added to the other debts and to the […]
RCW 11.68.085 Nonintervention powers—Generally. A personal representative with nonintervention powers may administer and settle the estate without supervision or intervention by the court except as otherwise provided in this chapter. [ 2021 c 140 § 4006.] NOTES: Application—2021 c 140 §§ 4003-4017, 4023, 4024, and 4026: See note following RCW 11.48.130.
RCW 11.68.090 Nonintervention powers—Powers, duties, restrictions, and liabilities—Effect of will provisions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a personal representative with nonintervention powers has: (a) All powers that are granted by common law or statute to a personal representative without nonintervention powers or that a court supervising the settlement and administration of a […]
RCW 11.68.095 Co-personal representatives—Powers. Except as otherwise provided by the probated will or by order of a court, all of the provisions of RCW 11.98.016 regarding the exercise of powers by co-trustees of a trust shall apply to the co-personal representatives of an estate in which the co-personal representatives have been granted nonintervention powers, as […]
RCW 11.68.100 Closing of estate—Alternative decrees—Notice—Hearing—Fees. (1) When the estate is ready to be closed, the court, upon application by the personal representative who has nonintervention powers, shall make and cause to be entered a decree that either: (a) Finds and adjudges that all approved claims against the decedent have been paid, finds and adjudges […]
RCW 11.68.110 Declaration of completion of probate—Contents—Notice—Discharge of personal representative—Waiver of notice. (1) If a personal representative who has acquired nonintervention powers does not apply to the court for either of the final decrees provided for in RCW 11.68.100 as now or hereafter amended, the personal representative shall, when the administration of the estate has […]
RCW 11.68.112 Final distribution upon declaration and notice of filing of declaration of completion of probate—Special powers of personal representative—Discharge from liability. If the declaration of completion of probate and the notice of filing of declaration of completion of probate state that the personal representative intends to make final distribution within five business days after […]
RCW 11.68.114 Declaration of completion of probate—Special powers of personal representative to hold reserve and deal with taxing authorities—Notice of filing of declaration—Discharge from liability. (1) The personal representative retains the powers to: Deal with the taxing authority of any federal, state, or local government; hold a reserve in an amount not to exceed three […]
RCW 11.68.120 Nonintervention powers not deemed waived by obtaining order or decree. A personal representative who has acquired nonintervention powers in accordance with this chapter may present a matter, as defined in RCW 11.96A.030, to the court for resolution or for instructions under chapter 11.96A RCW at any time. A personal representative shall not be […]
RCW 11.68.130 Power to construe and interpret will. (1) A personal representative with nonintervention powers has the power to construe and interpret the terms of a probated will, except as the probated will or an order of the court may otherwise direct. (2) Unless otherwise provided in the probated will: (a) A party, as defined […]
RCW 11.68.140 Party to transactions—Presumption of necessity. A party to a transaction with a personal representative with nonintervention powers and the party’s successors in interest are entitled to have it conclusively presumed that the transaction is necessary for the administration of the decedent’s estate. [ 2021 c 140 § 4012.] NOTES: Application—2021 c 140 §§ […]
RCW 11.68.900 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships […]
