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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Can anyone provide me with a resource for proposing / suggesting what fees a lay trustee should charge? Presumably hourly rates, depending on the activity involved: The Trustee was appointed for a testamentary trust to receive art items, resources, and also real estate for the purpose of serving <span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'>as a studio of design, with space for artists, craftsmen and designers to work, meet, teach, exhibit and use for related activities, as the Trustee, as the Trustee may determine. The Will also provided that a portion of the real property could also be used to display a permanent collection of arts and crafts and commercial products, as the Trustee might determine.. </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Trustee is handling a number of activities, besides the usual inventorying and bookkeeping. Any resource that would provide guidance regarding fees would be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face="Lucida Handwriting"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#1F497D'>Sandi Gay<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>SANDRA BATES GAY, P.S.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>23515 NE Novelty Hill Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Suite B211-397<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Redmond, WA 98053-1996<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Phone: (425) 637-3040<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Fax: (425) 952-0156<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:sgay@sbglaw-wa.com"><font color="#0563c1"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sgay@sbglaw-wa.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>NOTE: </span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Our office has moved to a new location. 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