In re Estate of Phillips

Coomer, Judge.

*889This case asks us to determine whether, under the statutes governing adult conservatorship and guardianship proceedings, a probate court has the authority to award attorney fees to privately retained counsel from the estate of a ward. In so doing, we are also asked to determine whether this Court's prior holdings in In re Olliff , 184 Ga. App. 846, 363 S.E.2d 158 (1987) and In re Connell , 217 Ga. App. 523, 457 S.E.2d 832 (1995) still apply with respect to attorney fees, in light of revisions to the code section governing court proceedings involving guardians and wards. For the…