No. 14-4-01914-1 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) IN THE

No. 14-4-01914-1 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE In the Matter of the Estate of: MALVOLA RUTH STEPNICH, Deceased. The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative's attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent's probate and non-probate assets. A copy of this notice has been mailed to the Department of Social and Health Services, Office of Financial Recovery, Attn: Estate Recovery Unit, P.O. Box 9501, Olympia, WA 98507-9501. DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: December 12, 2014. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: December 17, 2014. Nancy Badenoch Personal Representative Address: 4822 Monta Vista Drive East Edgewood, WA 98372 Daniel W. Smith, WSBA#15206 of CAMPBELL, DILLE, BARNETT & SMITH, P.L.L.C. Attorneys for the Estate 317 South Meridian P.O. Box 488 Puyallup, WA 98371 (253) 848-3513 Court of Probate Proceedings: