{"id":7936,"date":"2018-12-12T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=7936"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:15:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:15:03","slug":"joint-probate-in-idaho-for-deceased-spouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/joint-probate-in-idaho-for-deceased-spouses\/","title":{"rendered":"JOINT PROBATE IN IDAHO FOR DECEASED SPOUSES"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n

Idaho is a unique state that offers many opportunities for family members to complete a probate for their loved ones after they have passed away. Like most states, Idaho does have a statute of limitations for the amount of time that can go by before a probate can be completed. Under normal circumstances, this is three years after the individual has passed away. As a result of this, if a person has a last will and testament<\/a>, but a probate is not completed within 3 years, this last will and testament will no longer be considered valid. However, there is one exception to this three-year statute of limitations that exists for spouses.<\/p>\n

This exception is best described in the recent Idaho Supreme Court case In the Matter of the Estate of Robert Ernest Melton and Hedwig \u201cHedy\u201d Melton<\/em>, which came out in January 2018. The main issue in this case is whether a creditor\u2019s claim could still be made beyond the three-year period of time for the first spouse who passed away. However, in the course of making the decision on that issue, the Idaho Supreme Court provided a good analysis of the exception that exists to the three-year statute of limitations for filing a probate for someone who dies.<\/p>\n

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