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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sharon Rutberg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Capacity to Sign Power of Attorney in WA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take a look at<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><i>Heathcote v. Priddis</i>, 84 Wash. App. 1060 (1997), <i>review denied</i>, 132 Wn.2d 1002 (1997). There, the Court of Appeals stated:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">A person who is not mentally competent to conduct or manage his or her business is not competent to appoint an agent to do so.
<a href="https://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=0107351915&pubNum=0113289&originatingDoc=I1ae91807f8ab11d98ac8f235252e36df&refType=TS&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)">
<span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">3 Am.Jur.2d Agency sec. 12 (1996)</span></a>. The law however, presumes that a person is competent until contrary proof is offered.
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<i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">Vo v. Pham,</span></i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none"> 81 Wn.App. 781, 784, 916 P.2d 462 (1996)</span></a>;
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<span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">53 Am.Jur.2d Mentally Impaired Persons sec. 155 (1996)</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">Although we find no decision in this jurisdiction specifically addressing mental competency in the context of the execution of a durable power of attorney, in addressing mental competency to sign
similar documents, i.e., wills, contracts, and deeds, courts have looked to whether the signing party “<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">possessed sufficient mind or reason to enable him to comprehend the nature, terms and effect of the
contract in issue</span>.” <a href="https://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=1942103506&pubNum=661&originatingDoc=I1ae91807f8ab11d98ac8f235252e36df&refType=RP&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)">
<i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">Page v. Prudential Life Ins. Co. of Am.,</span></i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none"> 12 Wn.2d 101, 109, 120 P.2d 527 (1942)</span></a> (contracts); see
<a href="https://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=1957118361&pubNum=661&originatingDoc=I1ae91807f8ab11d98ac8f235252e36df&refType=RP&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)">
<i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">Binder v. Binder,</span></i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none"> 50 Wn.2d 142, 148–49, 309 P.2d 1050 (1957)</span></a> (deeds);
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<i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">In re Eubank,</span></i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none"> 50 Wn.App. 611, 617, 749 P.2d 691 (1988)</span></a> (testamentary capacity). Mental competency is a factual issue that must be determined
at the time of the challenged transaction. <a href="https://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=1942103506&pubNum=804&originatingDoc=I1ae91807f8ab11d98ac8f235252e36df&refType=RP&fi=co_pp_sp_804_109&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)#co_pp_sp_804_109">
<span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">Page, 12 Wn.2d at 109.</span></a> The challenging party must overcome the presumption of competency with clear, cogent, and convincing evidence.
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<i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none">Page,</span></i><span style="color:#145DA4;text-decoration:none"> 12 Wn.2d at 109</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please review the case yourself rather than taking me as the final word, and be sure to check to see if there is any later authority on the subject.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sharon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Capacity to Sign Power of Attorney in WA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm trying to find a WA statute or case 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,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for any insights or pointing me in the right direction. <o:p></o:p></p>
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