Ruggles v. Seattle-First National Bank

This is a case of interpretation of Washington's pretermitted heir statute, RCW 11.12.090. We granted review because there are two decisions of this court apparently in conflict on the singular issue presented. That issue is, as stated by the Court of Appeals: When a child of a testatrix was deceased at the time the will was made and the testatrix neither named nor provided for the deceased child or one of the descendants of the deceased child, does RCW 11.12.090 require that the testatrix be deemed to have died intestate as to the deceased child? In re Estate of Hastings, 15 Wn. App. 300,…