IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF KNUTSON

No. 64144-1-I.

250 P.3d 1072 (2011)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Janette KNUTSON, David Knutson and Susan Hall, Guardians, Appellants, v. State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

As Amended April 18, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Johnson , Hardman & Johnson, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Jonathon Bashford , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondents.


SCHINDLER, J.

¶ 1 The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has cared for Janette Knutson since the mid-eighties at a state institution for the developmentally disabled. On February 15, 2008, the guardians of her estate, David Knutson and Susan Hall, obtained an ex parte order authorizing the guardians to donate the estate income, consisting primarily of Social Security benefits, to advocacy...

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