§ 11.76.010 Report of personal representative — Contents — Interim reports
§ 11.76.020 Notice of hearing — Settlement of report
§ 11.76.030 Final report and petition for distribution — Contents
§ 11.76.040 Time and place of hearing — Notice
§ 11.76.050 Hearing on final report — Decree of distribution
§ 11.76.060 Continuance to cite in sureties on bond when account incorrect
§ 11.76.070 Attorney’s fees to contestant of erroneous account or report
§ 11.76.080 Representation of incapacitated person by guardian ad litem — Exception
§ 11.76.095 Distribution of estates to minors
§ 11.76.100 Receipts for expenses from personal representative
§ 11.76.110 Order of payment of debts
§ 11.76.120 Limitation on preference to mortgage or judgment
§ 11.76.130 Expense of monument
§ 11.76.150 Payment of claims where estate insufficient
§ 11.76.160 Liability of personal representative
§ 11.76.170 Action on claim not acted on — Contribution
§ 11.76.180 Order maturing claim not due
§ 11.76.190 Procedure on contingent and disputed claim
§ 11.76.200 Agent for absentee distributee
§ 11.76.210 Agent’s bond
§ 11.76.220 Sale of unclaimed estate — Remittance of proceeds to department of revenue
§ 11.76.230 Liability of agent
§ 11.76.240 Claimant to proceeds of sale
§ 11.76.243 Heirs may institute probate proceedings if no claimant appears
§ 11.76.245 Procedure when claim made after time limitation
§ 11.76.247 When court retains jurisdiction after entry of decree of distribution
§ 11.76.250 Letters after final settlement
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 11.76 - Settlement of estates

  • Administrator: means a personal representative of the estate of a decedent and the term may be used in lieu of "personal representative" wherever required by context. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Issue: means all the lineal descendants of an individual. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • limited conservator: means a personal representative of the person or estate of a person who has been placed under a guardianship under RCW 11. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • 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
  • Real estate: includes , except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto, and all interest therein possessed and claimed in fee simple, or for the life of a third person. See Washington Code 11.02.005
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.