Panel Reverses Order Granting Priority To Estate’s Administration Expenses

Mealey's (November 27, 2017, 2:34 PM EST) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — Finding that the administrative costs of handling an estate do not take priority over the estate’s debts, a Washington appeals panel on Nov. 16 held that after foreclosure costs, Bank of America deserves full payment of a debt it is owed from the proceeds of a deed of trust sale before any payment is made to a decedent’s estate for administrative costs (In the Matter of the Estate of Jason L. Patton, No. 34590-4-III, Wash. App., Div. 3, 2017 Wash. App. LEXIS 2606)....

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