[WSBAPT] Parent as "Legal Guardian"

[James Jackson]

Here's a weird one.

I colleague asked whether I would serve as a GAL in a situation in which a client intended to petition to be appointed as guardian for her own minor child.  (?!)

Here's the situation:

The client is a single mother.  When she decided to purchase her home a few years ago, "someone" told her to put her child on title, in order to avoid probate.  She now owns it as joint tenants with her child.

She is trying to sell, but the title company is requiring that a guardian be appointed to represent the interests of her child, and to sign the deed.

Suggestion?

James A. Jackson
Simburg Ketter Sheppard & Purdy, LLP
999 Third Ave., #2525
Seattle, WA 98104
T: (206) 382-2600
C: (206) 397-3853
F: (206) 223-3929

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