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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">In an appeal brief that I
filed in early 2009, I addressed this issue, not having located
any WA case law on point:<br>
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"The fact that on November 20, 2006, the court found her to need a
guardian—after she had been uprooted from her familiar home,
shuttled between “safe houses”, and programmed into believing that
her trusted son had stolen her savings and presented a threat of
harm to her—does not indicate that she lacked requisite capacity
to appoint [that son] as trustee on September 16, 2006. Estate of
Head, 94 N.M. 656, 615 P.2d 271 (App. 1980). It is debatable
whether the capacity needed to replace a trustee or
attorney-in-fact is testamentary capacity or contractual
capacity, Queen v. Belcher, 888 So.2d 472, 477 (Ala. 2004)
(contractual capacity required to execute a power of attorney and
a trust agreement); Golleher v. Horton, 148 Ariz. 537, 540, 715
P.2d 1225 (App. 1985) (“the better test [of capacity to execute a
power of attorney] is whether the person is capable of
understanding in a reasonable manner, the nature and effect of his
act.”— Washington’s contractual capacity test in Page, infra at
108). But in any case, Washington law presumes that a person has
testamentary capacity and contractual capacity unless proven
otherwise by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence. Page v.
Prudential Life Ins. Co. of America, 12 Wn.2d 101, 120 P.2d 527
(1942) (contractual capacity); In re Estate of Bottger, 14 Wn.2d
676, 685, 129 P.2d 518 (1942) (testamentary capacity)."<br>
<br>
I just now checked Westlaw for more recent cases that cite the
Alabama or Arizona cases (that appear to be the leadings ones),
and I found nothing of significance.<br>
<br>
Doug Schafer, in Tacoma.<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Capacity to Sign Power of Attorney
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on point for the capacity required for a person to sign a
power of attorney. I've been unsuccessful in my research.
In general, I understand it would be the same capacity
needed to sign a contract, but hoping to find a statute or
case on point for Washington.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for any insights or
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