In Matter of Estate of Brate, Ca2007-08-103 (7-14-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant, Charlotte Hurt, appeals from the judgment of the Warren County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, awarding attorney fees to the estate of Homer D. Brate following the court's judgment finding appellant guilty of concealing estate assets pursuant to R.C. 2109.50.

{¶ 2} On January 31, 2007, the trial court found appellant guilty of concealing assets of her late father's estate after appellee, Sherry Kay Mack-Walsh, the executrix of Homer's estate, initiated a concealment action pursuant to R.C. 2109.50. The trial court found that appellant had wrongfully retained…