MATTER OF ESTATE OF COOPER

No. 13134-3-III.

913 P.2d 393 (1996)

81 Wash.App. 79

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF De Anne C. COOPER, Deceased. Joyce Cooper JOHNSTON, Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. Fermore B. COOPER and Richard A. Cooper, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

March 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Workland, Workland, Witherspoon & Riherd, Spokane, Mark E. Vovos, Spokane, for Appellants.

Paul J. Allison, Robert T. Carter, Randall & Danskin, Spokane, for Respondent.


SWEENEY, Chief Judge.

Washington's prudent investor rule requires a trustee to "exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing, which persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs...." RCW 11.100.020(1). This exercise of judgment requires, among other things, "consideration to the role that the proposed investment or investment course of action plays...

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