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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Randy,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;">You might consider petitioning for non-parental custody rather than guardianship. It probably would be less expensive, and the facts you cite lead me to believe that your petition
would be granted without much ado. Unless I am mistaken, your PC probably already qualifies as a
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>de facto</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> parent, which puts him on the inside track if any others are vying to be appointed
as non-parental custodians.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;">A petition for guardianship would entail the appointment of a guardian ad litem, annual reports to the court if the petition were granted, and other procedural
rigmarole that your PC probably would rather do without. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 29, 2019 2:23 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Off topic - guardianship issue</font>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hi All,</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This is a bit off topic but I would appreciate any guidance you may have. PC lost his wife about a year ago. They had been married for many years. Wife had 2 sons from a previous marriage and was given full custody. Sons
are now 14 and 16. They continued to live with PC who is their step father. This was fine with the biological father.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Biological father just passed away. PC needs formal authority to act on behalf of the two sons. I have some limited experience with guardianships of incapacitated adults. Would this basically be the same thing – in other words
are the two boys “incapacitated” by minority? And if so, can I use the same guardianship forms as those for adults, just tailored to the situation?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Or . . . is there a better way to do this?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Randy </p>
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