[WSBAPT] Attorney as Alternate PR?

[ron at housh.org]

Agree with John about fees  - and in my letter I recall explaining fees as a PR versus fees as the attorney.

 

 

 

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Learned counsel;

 

I too have been the administrator of estates, or co-administrator when the named PR isn’t bondable.   Like Karl, I only do it when it’s absolutely necessary.

 

The thing to be aware of is you can’t charge attorney fees/rates when you are merely the PR.   You get paid at the rate personal representatives are paid in the “Greater Puget Sound Area”, or some similar language.   When I am PR, I usually charge $100 per hour for estate administration.   

 

And you probably shouldn’t be your own legal counsel.

 

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I almost never do this, but I have on rare occasions where the person is stuck, in that they don’t have family, or they don’t want to use an agency or company.  I have had been appointed PR in these rare circumstances by commissioners in Seattle when starting the probate. 

 

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Listmates,

 

Client has a question as to whether an attorney may be listed as the alternate personal representative in her will.  I’ve never run into this question.  Off the top of my head, I don’t see a problem with it.  Is there a prohibition I’m not aware of?

 

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