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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">I have a dispute in a Petition for payment of many hours of the Estate Administrator and the hourly rate of $35.00/hr. Just and Reasonable…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">RCW 11.48.210<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Compensation—Attorney's fees.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in">If testator by will makes provision for the compensation of his or her personal representative, that shall be taken as his or her full compensation unless he or she files in the court a written instrument renouncing
all claim for the compensation provided by the will before qualifying as personal representative. The personal representative, when no compensation is provided in the will, or when he or she renounces all claim to the compensation provided in the will, shall
be allowed such compensation for his or her services as the court shall deem just and reasonable. Additional compensation may be allowed for his or her services as attorney and for other services not required of a personal representative. An attorney performing
services for the estate at the instance of the personal representative shall have such compensation therefor out of the estate as the court shall deem just and reasonable.
<span style="color:red">Such compensation may be allowed at the final account; but
<b>at any time during administration a personal representative or his or her attorney may apply to the court for an allowance upon the compensation of the personal representative and upon attorney's fees.</b> If the court finds that the personal representative
has failed to discharge his or her duties as such in any respect, it may deny him or her any compensation whatsoever or may reduce the compensation which would otherwise be allowed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">The Administrator is a retired CPA. I have a hearing this Friday to pay the Administrator for all her hard work and time in accounting, fighting with Medicaid/DSHS on
large claims and also which involved extensive clean-up of a hoarder’s accumulation in a home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">What is the going rate for an Administrator when paid hourly rate for doing estate work?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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