Providence Hospital v. Scheldt

Facts Of Case

The probate court entered its order approving final account in this probate cause and allowed an award of homestead without first deducting the amount of a creditor’s claim for the hospital expenses attendant upon decedent’s last illness.

The probate was filed on February 14, 1973, on behalf of Providence Hospital in Everett, after the surviving husband failed to do so. This was the hospital’s right as a creditor. RCW 11.28.120 (3).

The surviving husband then asserted his right to administer the community property and was appointed administrator of the estate, as was his right. RCW…