<div dir="ltr">Learned Colleagues-<div><br></div><div>I have a probate with a surviving spouse who is incapacitated (though no guardianship is in place), and I have a GAL appointed to represent her interest in the probate (RCW 11.76.080). The surviving spouse has assets.</div><div><br></div><div>For the GAL's fee, would it be appropriate to have that be the responsibility of the incapacitated spouse's estate or the estate of the decedent? And, if appropriate for the surviving spouse's estate pay the GAL's fee, would a judge in the probate proceeding be able to order that?</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="470" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium;width:470px"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="border-right:1px solid rgb(102,102,102);padding-right:10px;width:10px;max-width:120px"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-SxUq1b3OJKWTdxRWo3ZThmaGs&revid=0B-SxUq1b3OJKNVVIcDZreEwxdGNIb1Q5VDRDU0RrUTVoL2E4PQ" width="96" height="96"><br></td><td style="font-size:14px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(100,100,100);padding-left:10px"><div style="text-transform:capitalize"><b>Thomas A. Hackett</b><br>Attorney | NW Legacy Law Center, P.S.</div><div style="color:rgb(141,141,141);font-size:13px;padding:5px 0px"><a style="outline:none;color:rgb(141,141,141);text-decoration:none">360-975-7770</a> | <span style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline-block"><a href="http://nwlegacylaw.com/" style="outline:none;color:rgb(141,141,141);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">http://nwlegacylaw.com</a></span></div><div style="margin-top:5px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NWlegacylaw" style="outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons/facebook.png" width="16" height="16" style="border: none;"></a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasahackett" style="outline:none" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons/linkedin.png" width="16" height="16" style="border: none;"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div href="http://WISESTAMP_SIG_c8119923fc3e575e5705d61246ff6a81"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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