<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Hi Listmates,<br><br>Quick technical drafting question involving estate planning for minor children. My question is in regards to guardian nomination provisions in a WIll. I have seen slightly varying language in practitioner forms for the clauses that nominate a guardian for a minor child. Some clauses nominate only as guardian of the child's person, while others appoint the guardian as guardian of both the child's person and estate. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Example: </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">"I nominate John Doe as guardian of my child's person..."</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> vs. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">"I nominate John Doe as guardian of my child's person <i>and estate</i>...</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I understand the concepts of guardianship of a child's person vs. a child's estate, but my question is, is there any downside to having the nomination clause cover guardianship of both a child's person and estate? Or is there a reason to have the provision cover only nomination of the child's person?<br><br>If, for example, the estate plan was utilizing the UTMA (or trust planning) to pass assets to the children, would a concurrent nomination of an individual as guardian of a child's estate conflict with that UTMA or trust planning? If for example, if John Doe was UTMA custodian, and Jane Doe was guardian of the child's estate, would that create a conflict?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Or, would the guardian of the estate simply manage any future funds that might come into the child's estate, while the UTMA custodian would manage the funds passed through the WIll?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I am curious to hear some practitioner input/explanations on this issue. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, serif"><b>Eric Reutter, </b>Partner</font><font color="#0b5394" style="font-family:"arial black",sans-serif"> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><i style="font-family:garamond,serif"><font color="#000000">J.D., LL.M. Taxation</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#000000">14205 SE 36th Street, Suite 100</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#000000">Bellevue, WA 98006</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#000000"><b>(425) 298-7110</b> <span style="font-size:14.6667px">| </span><b><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://appelgatereutter.com/" target="_blank">appelgatereutter.com</a></span><font style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"> </span></font></b></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#073763" face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#073763" face="garamond, serif"><img src="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1_ki68D-hyjqSa4GiscGPV7pYrrbXnk4Y-J2oVpiqZnU/pub?w=1142&h=323" width="200" height="54"> <br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="garamond, serif"><font color="#002060" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><b><br></b></span></font></font></div><div><font size="1"><font face="garamond, serif">Confidentiality: This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential or </font><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended </span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">recipient or otherwise have received this message in error, you are not </span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or </span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">any part of it. In such case, you should destroy this message and any attachments and kindly notify the sender by reply email. </span></font></div><font face="garamond, serif" size="1"><div dir="ltr"><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div>Circular 230 Notice: This communication may not be used by you or any other person or entity for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalties.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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