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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color:#1F497D">Donna:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you look at the statute, (2) is not applicable to a situation where you have a Will that appoints a PR without bond and with nonintervention powers because no hearing is required in such instance. Thus, once
you have a nonintervention estate, you likely won’t have any other hearings. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Under (1) of the statute, the court has the discretion to appoint a GAL. Often I fear some of the west side courts are beginning to act like the bureaucratic nightmare that is the California probate courts and
it sounds as if it is almost automatic to appoint a GAL regardless of the circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Again, I agree that the safe approach is for a GAL because the PR is your client and the PR is making the distribution, but the pure economics of the case as well as family relationships, etc. often dictate a
less expensive approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Donna Calf Robe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 25, 2015 9:27 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Minor Beneficiary of $10,000 Bequest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Its my understanding that if there is a minor beneficiary or heir, a probate GAL is needed, (unless the surviving parent is the sole beneficiary under the Will). See RCW 11.76.080(2):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(2) For hearings held under RCW <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.54.010">
<span style="text-decoration:none">11.54.010</span></a>, <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.68.041">
<span style="text-decoration:none">11.68.041</span></a>[petition granting non-intervention powers],
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<a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.76.050"><span style="text-decoration:none">11.76.050</span></a> [hearing on final report], or for entry of an order adjudicating testacy or intestacy and heirship when no personal representative is appointed
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the appointment of a personal representative to administer the estate of decedent in which the alleged incapacitated person may have an interest, who, on behalf of the alleged incapacitated person, may contest the same as any other person interested might
contest it, and who shall be allowed by the court reasonable compensation for his or her services: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That where a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is the sole beneficiary under the terms of a will, the court may grant a motion
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Perhaps I should clarify, in King County you will be required to have a PGAL.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 25, 2015 8:35 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am in the process of preparing pleadings to open a probate in King County. The Will contains a specific bequest of $10,000 to a 12 year old. All of my research indicates that I will need a probate GAL for the 12 year old. Is that correct?
There is no UTMA language in the Will.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for your responses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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