Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of King
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 2001No. 97-PR-1885, 98-PR-1070PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
This appeal presents an issue of first impression concerning the responsibilities of fiduciaries who have dual roles, as trustees and personal representatives, relating to the same assets. 1 We affirm the trial court’s award of unpaid trustee fees to appellees, Riggs National Bank and Sanford Goldstein, and its decision awarding compensation to Riggs in its capacity as co-personal representative. We remand the case for further fact finding regarding compensation for appellee Goldstein as personal representative, on the question of the legatees’ request that their legal…
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