[WSBAPT] estate fees

[Bruce Moen]

Lol.  Expect a contested hearing.  The issues will be whether the acts of the PR met the standard of care and whether the questions of every move exceed the standards of reasonable advocacy.
Basically, you are asking the court to punish the questioning heir who, if punished, will likely turn against their lawyer.  See Trask v Butler for an object lesson on how to turn a client against their lawyer.

Worth it for large sums and extreme behavior.  Otherwise, I'd skip it and move on.

  -Bruce Moen

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Subject: [WSBAPT] estate fees

Listmates, Where estate attorney fees are increased several thousand dollars due to an heir with counsel who questioned the non-intervention PR's every move, can the PR "allocate" estate fees devoted to that heir's issues only to her share of the estate? Input appreciated.

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