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Notice Of Existence Of Revocable Trust Form. This is a District Of Columbia form and can be use in Superior Court Statewide.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
Trust No._____
_____________________
Name of Deceased Settlor
NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST
_______________________________(name and address of deceased settlor) created a
revocable trust on______________which remained in existence on the date of his/her
death on__________. __________________and___________________________ whose
address(es) is/are___________________________is/are all the currently acting
trustee(s), hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or
directed to the following name__________________ and address:__________________
The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration
of the settlor’s estate, the expenses of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of
remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the
deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs,
expenses, and allowances.
Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust
property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or
before_______________________________________. (6 months after the date of the
first publication of this notice.) An action to contest the validity of this trust must be
commenced by the earliest of (1)________________________________________,
(One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2)_________________________
____________________________, (6 months from the date of first publication of this
notice) or (3) ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust
instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s
name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.
The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of
the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced
unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the
trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter
commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification.
This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir
and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested
person within the meaning of D.C. Code § 20-101(d).
Date of First Publication:
_____________________
Signature of Trustee
_________________
Name of newspapers
________________,________________
TRUE TEST COPY
_________________
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