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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello list mates,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have an estate planning client with a severely autistic teenager, and the biological father is not around. The client does not have a family member or friend who can or would be able to care for her son as a guardian if something were to happen to her, so she has asked me if there are any professional guardian services that she can name in her estate plan. Has anyone come across a similar issue and are you aware of any services such as this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Betsy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=243 height=43 style='width:2.5312in;height:.4479in' id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image001.png@01D869EA.EB5D3E90"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2076E8'><a href="http://www.bwattorney.com/"><span style='color:#2076E8;text-decoration:none'>www.bwattorney.com</span></a> | <a href="mailto:betsy@bwattorney.com"><span style='color:#2076E8;text-decoration:none'>betsy@bwattorney.com</span></a> | 206.705.3613 | 5608 17<sup>th</sup> Ave NW, Ste 1181, Seattle, 98107<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2076E8'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>NOTICE: The information contained in this email may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It has been sent for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email, or at <span style='color:#2076E8'>(206) 705-3613</span>, and destroy all copies of the original message.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>