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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">Client is a trustee for her sister who is the beneficiary and who has passed on.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">The special needs Testamentary trust is worded to allow Trustee to pay: “for assistance with care, support, education and activities that supplement other benefits
which would ordinarily be received by or are being or will be received by the beneficiary.” It also provides “The Trustee’s shall have in the sole discretion to determine what disbursements shall be made for the beneficiary’s benefit…” There is nothing specific
for paying burial costs. Is there any general authority which would allow a trustee to pay for the burial expenses of the trust’s beneficiaries? I think all beneficiary’s kids, who are the remainder beneficiaries would sign a TEDRA agreement allowing the
Trustee to pay these.. but I was wondering if it could be done without that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">Josh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#004080;mso-ligatures:none">Joshua F. Grant</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#004080;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><img width="166" height="34" style="width:1.725in;height:.35in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D9EBDF.633D33D0"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="color:#004080;mso-ligatures:none">P. O. Box 619<br>
Wilbur, WA 99185<br>
509 647 5578<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></span></span><a href="mailto:jgrant@advocateslg.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">jgrant@advocateslg.com</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="color:#004080;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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