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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hi Jeff,</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The PGAL is generally considered an administrative expense. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#333300">Marsha C. Hudson</span></b><span style="color:#333300"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">(She/Her/Hers)</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Attorney at Law #23330</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">3221 NW 62<sup>nd</sup> Street, Seattle, WA 98107</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Telephone: 206-297-3933</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Fax: 206-357-9356<br></span><a href="mailto:marsha@griffyn.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">marsha@griffyn.us</span></a><span style="color:#333300"><br><br></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300">Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? -</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333300"> Martin Luther King, Jr.<br><br>This e-mail may contain information that is protected by attorney-client, work product and/or other privileges. 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Do I reduce the minor’s share by the cost of the GAL? PR thought the estate should pay the cost and thereby spread that cost around. There could be push back by at least one heir. Has anyone had this experience?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Jeff</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">W. Jeff Davis</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">BELL & DAVIS PLLC</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>P.O. Box 510</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">720 E. Washington Street, Suite 105<br>Sequim WA 98382<br>Phone: (360) 683.1129 <br>Fax: (360) 683.1258 <br>email: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jeff@bellanddavispllc.com">jeff@bellanddavispllc.com</a><span style="color:black"><br></span></span><a href="http://www.bellanddavispllc.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">www.bellanddavispllc.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br> <br>The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender at </span><a href="mailto:info@bellanddavispllc.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">info@bellanddavispllc.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> or call 360.683.1129.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Philip N. Jones<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] probate expenses directly related to one heir</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">There is no authority directly on point down here in Oregon, but in Washington, see <i>Greider Family Trust,</i> 16 Wn. App. 2d 1073, 2021 WL 961132 (2021; unpublished), where the court held that the trustee had not acted unreasonably in allocating expenses to the beneficiary who had caused those expenses to be incurred. But note that the opinion was not published.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Does anyone have any other authority?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Phil Jones</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Philip N. Jones</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Duffy Kekel LLP</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">900 S.W. Fifth Ave. Suite 2500</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Portland, OR 97204</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:pjones@duffykekel.com">pjones@duffykekel.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(503) 226-1371 – office</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(503) 853-1482 – cell</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(503) 226-3574 - fax</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Diane J. Kiepe<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 26, 2022 8:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] probate expenses directly related to one heir</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Good Morning all,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">I’d appreciate any feedback you can share on how you handle probate fees that are clearly related to one heir (there is no question about it). I have told counsel for heir I will be reducing the heirs share by expenses related to the extra expense our estate is incurring and I don’t suspect any pushback but it got me thinking about what I would say if I got pushback.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Thanks in advance and make it a great day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Diane J. Kiepe</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold""> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">Diane J. Kiepe</p><p class="MsoNormal">Douglas Eden</p><p class="MsoNormal">717 W. Sprague Ave.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Suite 1500</p><p class="MsoNormal">Spokane, WA 99201</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:djkiepe@depdslaw.com">djkiepe@depdslaw.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">509-455-5300</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>