Naito v. Naito

Plaintiff appeals from final orders of the probate court in a conservatorship proceeding. ORS 19.010. She challenges the authority of the court, after the protected person dies, to order conservators to retain assets of the estate to pay expenses of administration. She also challenges the court’s orders approving a special master’s findings and allowing payment of attorney fees. We review de novo, ORS 19.125(3), and affirm.

Hide Naito (Hide) was plaintiffs husband and the founder and chairman of the board of directors of Norcrest China Company (Norcrest). In 1987, the court appointed plaintiff…