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<p class="MsoNormal">Adding to all of the other cogent responses – Though the general rule is that the obligation to pay child support statutorily ends upon death of the paying parent, sometimes, the parties’ Support Orders and/or Settlement Agreements provide
for ongoing post-death payment provisions or life insurance requirements. I would definitely review all of the existing orders in the family law matter. That would be an enforcement by the ex-wife in the form of a creditor claim. A child doesn’t have an independent
right to enforce the support provisions of their parents’ dissolution. A GAL for the child would certainly be a cheerleader for the minor child, so I would move to have one appointed at the estate’s expense. Plus, you said “basically” gives the child nothing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Chiming in here to say that Diane is (of course!) correct. This is an odd hole in the statute that should be fixed. A minor whose surviving parent is not the PR (as in the case of a step-parent) is sometimes
out of luck on family support awards. To get one, it must be brought by the surviving spouse. And the surviving spouse’s interest as a beneficiary may be naturally opposed to that of the child, which can create a serious conflict for the PR.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In addition, fighting over this stuff can get very expensive for the surviving parent, whose attorney’s fees are not an expense of administration the way the fees of the surviving spouse/PR are. I’ve been
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] GAL for minor heir<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Just a side note for your consideration – I don’t believe the minor child has standing to file for the award itself, just to share in an award on petition of a step-parent - RCW 11.54.010
in part is below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of a decedent may petition the court for an award from the property of the decedent.
<u>If the decedent is survived by children of the decedent who are not also the children of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, on petition of such a child the court may divide the award between the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] GAL for minor heir<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Listmates, A minor child’s father has died. Father’s second wife probated Will that leaves basically nothing to child. Second wife is non-intervention PR and did not seek appointment of a GAL for minor. Probate
is still pending and there is sufficient time to seek a family support award plus other relief for the child based on a contract his father made with stepmother to pay for the child’s post-secondary education. Is the first step appointment of a GAL for the
minor child? What is the statute for a probate GAL to be appointed? The child’s surviving parent has retained me to file a petition on behalf of child, but if a GAL were appointed, I think it would be done for the child by the GAL and perhaps on the estate’s
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