Knutson v. Department of Social & Health Services

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Schindler, J.

The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has cared for Janette Knutson since the mid-1980s at a state institution for the developmentally disabled. On February 15,2008, the guardians of her estate, David Knutson and Susan Hall, obtained *857an ex parte order authorizing the guardians to donate the estate income, consisting primarily of Social Security benefits, to advocacy groups instead of continuing to pay DSHS a portion of the cost of care. The guardians appeal the superior court order directing the guardians to pay for Janette’s cost of care instead…