Porter v. Boisso

¶1 A creditor of a decedent’s estate who is notified by the personal representative of rejection of his claim is required by Washington’s nonclaim statute to bring suit within 30 days, failing which his claim is forever barred. RCW 11.40.100. The statute provides that the personal representative’s notification of rejection “must advise the claimant that the claimant must bring suit in the proper court against the personal representative within thirty days.” Id. (emphasis added). These consolidated cases involve a creditor’s claim filed in a Kittitas County probate that was dismissed because…