IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF LAMB

Nos. 84379-1, 84746-1.

265 P.3d 876 (2011)

173 Wn.2d 173

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Sandra LAMB, an incapacitated person, and In the Matter of the Guardianship of Rebecca Robins, an incapacitated person. In the Matter of the Guardianship of Mary Jane McNamara, an incapacitated person.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Johnson , Hardman & Johnson, Seattle, WA, for Appellant/Petitioner.

Jonathon Bashford , William Bruce Work , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

Sarah A. Dunne , ACLU of Washington Foundation, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, Laura Jean Beveridge , Attorney at Law, Cambridge, MA, Alfred A. Day , Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, amicus counsel for American Civil Liberties Union.

Emily Rebecca Cooper Pura , Disability Rights Washington, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Disability Rights Washington.

Julian Saucedo Wheeler , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Julian Wheeler.

Emily Rebecca Cooper Pura , Disability Rights Washington, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for National Disability Rights Network.


WIGGINS, J.

¶ 1 James R. Hardman and his mother, Alice Hardman, certified professional guardians, are the court-appointed guardians of more than 20 Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) clients residing at the Fircrest School, a residential habilitation center (RHC) in the city of Shoreline. The Hardmans are compensated from their wards' assets for providing services such as administering each ward's property interests and working with the ward's health...

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