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IN RE ESTATE OF STARKEL

No. 33275-2-II.

134 P.3d 1197 (2006)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Pauline STARKEL, Deceased. Carol Thomas, Personal Representative of the Estate of Herman P. Starkel, Appellant, v. Arla Wright, Personal Representative of the Estate of Pauline Starkel, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Reconsideration Denied June 15, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Dickson, Kevin Terry Steinacker, Dickson Steinacker LLP, Tacoma, WA, for Appellant.

Brian Thomas Comfort, Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

HUNT, J.

¶ 1 Carol Thomas appeals the trial court's denial of her petition to invalidate her stepmother's will. She argues the will was invalidly executed because the witnesses neither signed the will nor had notarized their attached self-proving affidavit, as required by RCW 11.20.020. Holding that RCW 9A.72.085 and GR 13 allow witnessing a will by a self-affirming affidavit, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2 Herman and Pauline Starkel married in 1961...

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