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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF MATTHEWS

No. 38105-2-II.

232 P.3d 1140 (2010)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Joseph R. MATTHEWS, Alleged Incompetent Person. Sherwood Assisted Living, Inc., Appellant and Cross-Respondent, v. Michael Finn and Irma Matthews-Finn, Respondents and Cross-Appellants, Rayna Abrahams, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

May 18, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Grimes, Attorney at Law, Sequim, WA, Kathleen L. McCormick, Attorney at Law, Carlsborg, WA, for Respondents.

Craig Andrew Ritchie, Ritchie Law Firm PS, Port Angeles, WA, for Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

William Jeffrey Davis, Bell & Davis, Ronald Paul Bell, Attorney at Law, Sequim, WA, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.

¶ 1 In this appeal, we clarify the duties and relationships of guardians ad litem (GALs) in the context of a guardianship petition filed under chapter 11.88 RCW on behalf of a resident of an assisted living facility.

¶ 2 When a State Ombudsman's Office investigation into Joseph Matthews's financial affairs suggested that his daughter, Irma Matthews-Finn, and her husband, Michael Finn, had converted his assets for their own use...

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