Washington High Court: Trial Court Did Not Have Authority To Construe Will

(March 19, 2018, 10:28 AM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Supreme Court on March 15 held that the statutory provisions under the Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA) did not give a lower court authority to construe a will and the authority invoked under Washington’s nonintervention statutes is limited to resolving issues provided under each statute, reversing and remanding (In the Matter of the Estate of Kathryn Joyce Rathbone, Glen L. Rathbone v. The Estate of Kathryn Joyce Rathbone, No. 94356-7, Wash. Sup., 2018 Wash. LEXIS 207)....

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