Legal Opinion
Estate of Jepsen v. Miles
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 2015No. 90874-5PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYu, J.
¶1 — In order to commence a will contest action, there must be timely personal service of the will contest petition on the estate’s personal representative. Here, the will contest petition was never personally served on the personal representative. The action was therefore never fully commenced and should have been dismissed. We reverse the Court of Appeals.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶2 Virginia J. Jepsen executed her last will and testament on July 1, 2009, and died on November 16, 2011. On December 20, 2011, the superior court admitted Jepsen’s will to probate, declared the estate was…
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