Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 11.72.006 (2026)

Decree of partial distribution—Distribution of part of estate

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After the expiration of the time limited for the filing of claims and before final settlement of the accounts of the personal representative, a partial distribution may be decreed, with notice to interested persons, as the court may direct. Such distribution shall be as conclusive as a decree of final distribution with respect to the estate distributed except to the extent that other distributees and claimants are deprived of the fair share or amount which they would otherwise receive on final distribution. Before a partial distribution is so decreed, the court may require that security be given for the return of the property so distributed to the extent necessary to satisfy any distributees and claimants who may be prejudiced as aforesaid by the distribution. In the event of a request for a partial distribution asked by a person other than the personal representative of the estate, the costs of such proceedings and a reasonable allowance for attorneys fees shall be assessed against the applicant or applicants for the benefit of the estate.

[ 1965 c 145 s 11.72.006. Formerly RCW 11.72.010 through 11.72.070.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1985–1995 · leading case: Matter of Est. of Deoneseus, 886 P.2d 1155 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995).

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Matter of Est. of Deoneseus, 886 P.2d 1155 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995). “Furthermore, in its initial conclusions the trial court determined that it would be inequitable to allow further payments to the surviving spouse to be deducted from the estate as administrative expenses.”

Collins v. Washington Mut. Sav. Bank, 700 P.2d 771 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “We find nothing in RCW 11.72.006 or any Washington cases to suggest that receipt of a partial distribution vests a contingent interest as to the undistributed residue.”

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