<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I believe the court in King County also requires a Washington State Patrol background check and Child Protective Services background check on the proposed guardians.<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Apr 13, 2015, at 3:28 PM, David Moe <<a href="mailto:davidmoe@maplevalleylaw.com">davidmoe@maplevalleylaw.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">(Without reviewing the statute)-When I have done these, I had the (surviving) parent not only consent in writing, but also join as a co-petitioner (not requesting for herself to be appointed, but as nominating the proposed guardian/co-petitioner. I also recommend having a written consent from the minor if 14 years of age, and having the minor appear at presentation of the petition/order.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dave Moe<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Lisa Schuchman<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, April 13, 2015 3:01 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[WSBAPT] Guardianship questions<o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Hi, everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">I am doing a guardianship for a teenage minor: one parent is deceased and the other has consented. The proposed guardians are the minor’s aunt and her spouse. The minor doesn’t have any assets, though he will have some social security income. Am I reading correctly that we don’t need a GAL for this? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Lisa E. Schuchman<br>206-325-2801<br><a href="http://www.lisaschuchman.com/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">www.lisaschuchman.com</a><br><br>I prefer an excess of caricature to an excess of censorship. -Nicolas Sarkozy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">NOTE: I do not use encrypted email. Messages sent to or from my office via email are not secure and may not be protected by attorney-client privilege. This email address is not monitored at all times. If your matter is urgent, please phone my office during regular business hours. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Any tax advice included in this document and its attachments was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Webdings; color: green;">P</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; color: green;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 129, 0);">Please consider the trees before printing this document</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a></div></div></div><br></body></html>