<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Michael, </div><div><br></div><div>I agree with Candace. I have done this before for beneficiaries. It also helps if everyone is on the same page and agrees, you could do a binding non-judicial agreement between all parties and request the court establish a SNT. King county does have a list for GALs. One of my favorite GALs I've worked with in the past in King County is Roger Kohn. </div><div><br></div><div>Feel free to call if you have any questions. </div><div><br></div><div>Setareh </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 5:26 PM Candace Wilkerson <<a href="mailto:cwilkerson@wongfleming.com" target="_blank">cwilkerson@wongfleming.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have seen the PR initiate the process of petitioning the court for the special needs trust to be established, and I’ve also seen an attorney for the beneficiary petition the court to do so (thereby making the beneficiary bear the costs
of establishing the trust). If there is a GAL appointed in the probate estate on behalf of the beneficiary, the GAL could recommend that the SNT be established for the beneficiary.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know offline if you’d like my experience with this.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Candace Wilkerson<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] PR duty as to Will beneficiary on State assistance<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Hi: WA probate and one child is in CA. Thanks <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] PR duty as to Will beneficiary on State assistance<br>
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Date: Mon, September 09, 2019 3:05 pm<br>
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</span></a>><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-size:12pt">I am licensed in CA, but haven’t done special needs trusts there. Is the probate estate filed in WA? I have been involved in more than one WA probate in which
a special needs trust (first-party) was established by the court before distribution to a beneficiary with a disability. So, even though the beneficiary’s interest may have vested, it’s not too late to establish the SNT before distribution.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Diane J. Kiepe<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] PR duty as to Will beneficiary on State assistance<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Some states (and I think CA but disclosure – I’m not licensed there) would consider the interest vested for determining if the trust were “self-settled” or “third-party
trust” where the testamentary document does not put the money into trust by the testamentary document’s terms but is put there by either a process like TEDRA or by Court Order (I believe CA has a court process). The goal is to not disqualify the beneficiary
but at the same time require formalities to be recognized. As such some states allow the process to pass from estate to trust but (absent SNT language) consider the Trust a self- settled trust. As you likely know the self-settled is subject to estate recovery.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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the father has died did the money vest in the child and therefore its too late to put into a special needs trust? </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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