In re: Trust Under Item Ten

In the Matter of the Trust Under Item Ten of the Last Will and Testament of Dorothea K. Lanier, Deceased, No. 737, Sept. Term 2023. Opinion by Tang, J. APPEAL AND ERROR – DECISIONS REVIEWABLE – FINALITY OF DETERMINATION – INTERLOCUTORY AND IMMEDIATE DECISIONS – AFFECTING COLLATERAL MATTERS AND PROCEEDINGS An order denying a trustee’s fee petition in the context of the administration of a trust falls within the collateral order doctrine and thus was appealable, where no other proceeding was pending in the circuit court. The denial order conclusively determined the disputed question of whether…