§ 11.68.011 Settlement without court intervention — Petition — Conditions — Exceptions
§ 11.68.021 Hearing on petition for nonintervention powers
§ 11.68.041 Petition for nonintervention powers — Notice requirements — Exceptions
§ 11.68.050 Objections to granting of nonintervention powers — Restrictions
§ 11.68.060 Death, resignation, or disablement of personal representative — Successor to administer nonintervention powers — Petition
§ 11.68.065 Report of affairs of estate — Petition by beneficiary — Filing — Notice — Hearing — Other accounting and information
§ 11.68.070 Procedure when personal representative recreant to trust or subject to removal
§ 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
§ 11.68.085 Nonintervention powers — Generally
§ 11.68.090 Nonintervention powers — Powers, duties, restrictions, and liabilities — Effect of will provisions
§ 11.68.095 Co-personal representatives — Powers
§ 11.68.100 Closing of estate — Alternative decrees — Notice — Hearing — Fees
§ 11.68.110 Declaration of completion of probate — Contents — Notice — Discharge of personal representative — Waiver of notice
§ 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
§ 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
§ 11.68.120 Nonintervention powers not deemed waived by obtaining order or decree
§ 11.68.130 Power to construe and interpret will
§ 11.68.140 Party to transactions — Presumption of necessity
§ 11.68.900 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 11.68 - Settlement of estates without administration

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Issue: means all the lineal descendants of an individual. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, special administrator, and conservator or limited conservator and special representative. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.