Geary v. Butzel Long, P.C.

The personal representative of the estate of Janice White appeals a trial court order making her personally responsible for the estate’s attorneys’ fees incurred in litigation with the estate’s prior attorney, as well as ordering her to return fees that she paid to herself and the estate’s current attorney. To the extent that the trial court found that the litigation resulting in the fees was frivolous, we affirm. However, the trial court did not make that finding as to part of the litigation, and to the extent that it made the personal representative responsible for these fees, we reverse.

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