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N.  Summary: What Are My Primary Rights as an Heir or Beneficiary regarding the Administration of a Nonintervention Estate?

The primary rights of an heir or beneficiary of a nonintervention estate as against its Personal Representative are:

• To petition for disqualification of the Personal Representative if he/she is disqualified from serving as a Personal Representative.  RCW 11.28.020 (testacy); RCW 11.28.160 (intestacy); RCW 11.36.010 (grounds).
   

• To petition for the Personal Representative to post Bond or additional Bond.  RCW 11.28.210
   

• To request a copy of the Inventory & Appraisement after three months of appointment, and to petition for removal of the Personal Representative if he/she fails to provide it.  RCW 11.44.015(2)
   

• To challenge the Inventory & Appraisement.  RCW 11.44.035
   

• To petition for removal of the Personal Representative if he/she has neglected or mismanaged the estate or failed to faithfully execute his/her trust.  RCW 11.68.070
   

• To petition for a Status Report after twelve months of appointment (and twelve months after receiving any last Status Report).  RCW 11.68.065
   

• To object to the Personal Representative's Declaration of Completion of Probate, by petitioning for either an accounting or the determination of reasonable fees.  RCW 11.68.110(2)
   

• To file a TEDRA Petition.  RCW 11.96A.100(1)

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