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MILES v. JEPSEN

No. 90874-5.

358 P.3d 403 (2015)

In the Matter of the Estate of Virginia J. Jepsen, Deceased. Julie MILES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Virginia J. Jepsen, Petitioner, v. Mack JEPSEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Caulkins , Ingrid Linnea Daun McLeod , Davies Pearson, P.C., Tacoma, WA, for Petitioner.

Robert P. Dickson , Dickson Law Group, PS, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

¶ 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...

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