In Re the Guardianship & Conservatorship of G.T.C.

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] This case involves a dispute over the payment of reasonable attorney’s fees necessarily incurred in the course of a guardianship and conservatorship. The question is whether the fees are to be paid from the estate or by the guardian and conservator personally. We conclude that under the relevant statutory language, such fees are to be paid from the estate.

Facts and Procedural History

[¶ 2.] In 2009, after G.T.C.’s and E.M.C.’s mother was imprisoned, the children went to live with their half-sister, Christine Iiams, her husband Daniel Iiams, and the Iiamses’ three…