[WSBAPT] GAL for minor heir

[Shannon Jones]

Listmates, A minor child's father has died. Father's second wife probated Will that leaves basically nothing to child. Second wife is non-intervention PR and did not seek appointment of a GAL for minor. Probate is still pending and there is sufficient time to seek a family support award plus other relief for the child based on a contract his father made with stepmother to pay for the child's post-secondary education.  Is the first step appointment of a GAL for the minor child? What is the statute for a probate GAL to be appointed? The child's surviving parent has retained me to file a petition on behalf of child, but if a GAL were appointed, I think it would be done for the child by the GAL and perhaps on the estate's dime - Shannon

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Shannon R. Jones | Attorney
Campbell Barnett PLLC
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Puyallup, WA 98371
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