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Redacted Time Records Did Not Support Attorney Fees

Executor and her attorney were surcharged for excessive and unreasonable attorney fees because the attorney time records that were submitted had the descriptions of services redacted and so they failed to meet their burden of proof. Stoughton Estate, 10 Fid.Rep.3d … Continue reading →

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Treating Trust as Marital Trust was Patent Error

The decedent’s inter vivos trust directed the division of the trust into a marital deduction trust and nonmarital trust, but no marital trust was necessary because the gross estate was less than the federal estate tax exclusion amount. The administration … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Attorney fees, surcharge

Unsupported Claims Denied

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Daniel EvansOctober 27, 2019

Objections sustained to claims by executor for care of decedent as contrary to Dead Man’s Act and without sufficient evidence, to claims for funeral expenses without receipts or vouchers sustained, and to attorney’s fees because time some spent in preparation … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Attorney fees, Contract for care, Objections to account, Sale of real estate

Executor Compensation Denied for Delays

Counsel fees of 5% of the first $100,000 of the estate and 3% of balance over $100,000 were approved, but should have been paid from residuary estate and not proceeds of sale of property that had been specifically devised. Executor’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Attorney fees, Contempt, Executor Commission, surcharge

Interpretation of “Balance of Income”

Trust document was interpreted to give grandchildren all of the trust income following their mother’s death, even though document provided for shares of income to other persons who predeceased the mother and directed that upon the death of an income … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Attorney fees, Trust interpretation

Actions of Gravely Ill Decedent

Large transfers shortly before the death of the decedent into joint accounts with the decedent’s daughter, arranged by the daughter while the decedent was gravely ill, could not have been an intentional act of the decedent, and was the product … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinions | Tagged Attorney fees, Executor commissions, Multiple-Party Account Act, Undue influence

Extraordinary Compensation for Guardian

Guardian compensation of more than $50,000, and legal fees of more than $15,000, approved out of an incapacitated person’s estate of approximately $1,300,000 for extraordinary services over a ten month period, including two medical procedures, maintenance and sale of the … Continue reading →

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Objections to Executor Commissions and Legal Fees Denied

Objections to executor commission and legal fees denied when executor-lawyer who was one of three executors claimed commission of $70,000 and legal fees of $90,000 out of estate of almost $10 million.  Keller Estate, 7 Fid.Rep.3d 90 (O.C. Montgomery Co. … Continue reading →

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Evidence of Services Needed to Determine Fees

Orphans’ Court is unable to rule on objections to the $120,000 in fees paid to deceased lawyer-executor in the absence of evidence of time spent, services rendered, or hourly rates; son (also a lawyer) who had attempted to complete the … Continue reading →

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Lawyer-Executor Compensation for Legal and Non-Legal Tasks

Executor commissions and attorney fees paid to deceased lawyer who did not complete administration of estate were reduced by fees paid to accountant, and further reduced from $121,000 (more than 5% of $1.16 million estate) to $44,000 to apply different … Continue reading →

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