Dieringer v. Martin

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case presents an appeal from the superior court's modified award of attorney's fees and personal representative fees. In a prior appeal, we concluded that the estate's personal representative, James Dieringer, breached his fiduciary duty to the estate by engaging in self-dealing and other bad faith conduct. We vacated awards of attorney's fees and personal representative fees and remanded the case for the reconsideration of fees in light of our opinion. On remand, the probate master allowed a full evidentiary hearing spanning the history of the…