[WSBAPT] Professional Trustee

Thu May 21 10:54:49 PDT 2026

To add to this - I do think their minimum is 1M and up but if you drop a
name of who passed their name onto you, they may take one in the
$900,000.00 if they do have a limit.

Diane Kiepe
Kiepe Estate and Probate, PLLC
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On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 10:49 AM Lewis, Amy C. <ALewis at eisenhowerlaw.com>
wrote:

> Did you try Northwest Trustee and Management Services?
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> wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Brent Williams-Ruth
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 21, 2026 10:47 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [WSBAPT] Professional Trustee
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> If anyone has a name for this, please share.
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> A few years back, I attempted a similar thing and every professional
> fiduciary I know (who are all wonderful and spectacular in their own right)
> refused to serve as a co-trustee with a non-professional. The fear of
> liability made it such that they wanted either total control or none at
> all.
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> If this has changed - please do share with the group.
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> On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 10:32 AM <steve at aitalaw.com> wrote:
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> Can anyone recommend a professional fiduciary to serve as Co-Trustee (with
> the Trustor’s daughter) for a Trust worth about $920,000 and that doesn’t
> charge exorbitant fees?
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> Thank you,
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> Steve Aita
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