<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Out here in Snohomish County I have generally found $25/hr to be acceptable to all involved - the Court, the client (PR), and the heirs. Have sometimes divided the type of work up - $15/hr for grunt work (the going rate for day laborers), $40/hr for more involved work, or more if PR is taking time away from paying job, etc. have had up to $75/Hr approved in certain circumstances but m conversation with my PR is usually what they can live with that will not encourage challenge by heirs, for obvious reasons...<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Melinda</div><div><br></div>Misspelled from my iPhone, <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">which spells as it pleases and is not grammar correctly.</span><div><br></div><div>Law Office of Melinda K Grout</div><div>PO Box 1360</div><div>Monroe, WA 98272</div><div>(360) 794-4322. Tel</div><div>(425) 744-6745. Fax</div><div><br></div><div>Notice: This message is intended only for the addressee, and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, it is too late to stop reading, but please do not use it for any improper purpose.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 5, 2019, at 1:11 PM, Dalynne Singleton <<a href="mailto:dalynne@glgmail.com">dalynne@glgmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I asked this about a year ago and received responses from $15/hr for menial tasks such as cleaning out apartments, drives to the dump or bank, etc. The reason was – could
the PR have hired someone else to do these tasks and the answer was yes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For more professional tasks such as dealing with attorney/CPA, sorting documents, meeting with professionals – $35 - $50 an hour depending on the education of the PR and their
line of work in “real” life if they are non-lawyers. As for attorneys, $200 - 300/hr seems to be the going rate as a professional PR/Estate counsel. I do not offer flat fees at all – I did this once and regret it. Make sure the person you are appointing
as PR has some knowledge and understanding of what the position involves – it is not always simple.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">At a seminar with King County judges, these seemed to be rates they could agree to and basically, they indicated they wanted to award the fees as “reasonable”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dalynne Singleton<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Gourley Law Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Snohomish Escrow<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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