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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> I’ll take a shot at this. To simplify matters, although your client is guardian/conservator for both – you must still treat them as separate. I would guess your
client was appointed under two separate cause numbers. I would not vacate anything. Instead, just go through the various steps, although on a shortened timeframe. I.e. File an inventory of both conservatorships and a care plans for both guardianships
within 90 days – noting that the father died and asking the court to approve the father’s care plan, which includes terminating the guardianship because of death. For the father’s conservatorship, instead of a 90 day plan I would prepare and a first and final
report (covering the four days the father was alive) and file it with the inventory at the 90 day mark. Tell the court that the son plans to transfer the conservatorship assets as stated in the first and final report to the appointed personal representative
of the father’s estate and once that is done petition to have the conservator discharged. As for the mother’s conservatorship, once her inventory and conservator’s plan is filed at the 90 day mark, there shouldn’t be anything left to do until the annual report.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The idea here is that by following the steps, your client is really doing what they have to do anyway, just putting it all in the context and format
of a terminating guardianship and conservatorship and then into a probate. Remember, the conservator has the authority to pay for disposition of remains from the father’s conservatorship, so the cash flow should be available there.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hope that all makes sense. That’s likely not the only way to do it, but I like this approach because it is orderly and fulfills all the duties
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dewey Weddle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 20, 2025 2:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] now what?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I have an unusual set of circumstances in a guardianship case and I am hoping that maybe some of you have some suggestions as to how to proceed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">My client was appointed as guardian of the person and conservator of the estate of an elderly married couple on June 12, 2025. There are two adult children
who do not get along at all. The son was acting as the agent for them under a DPOA but wanted out because of the constant fighting with his sister, hence the guardianship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">On June 16, 2025 (four days after my client was appointed) father dies. As we all know, a guardianship/conservatorship terminates upon the death of the Individual.
Father's Will leaves everything to his spouse, and names the son as Personal Representative. Daughter is excluded as a beneficiary. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">My thought is to ask the Court to vacate the Order establishing the Guardianship, and then hand it off to the son to probate father's Will, even though he would
prefer not to get dragged into legal proceedings involving his sister. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Does my idea sound like a sound approach? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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