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Resident urges Pierce County Council to investigate missing probate court decree, cites breakdown in public records

Pierce County Council · October 28, 2025
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Summary

A resident told the Pierce County Council the signed 2016 superior court probate decree for her late mother is missing from public records and urged the council to authorize an independent investigation.

A Pierce County resident during community forum on Oct. 28 urged the council to open an independent investigation into an allegedly missing superior court probate decree from 2016, saying the absence of the document threatens public trust in court records.

Heather Benedicte told the council that a superior court commissioner had signed a final decree adjudicating her late mother’s probate in…

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