Legal Opinion
Donahue v. Donahue
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 24, 2010No. G040628, G041503PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARONSON, J.
In separate orders, the trial court charged a trust with some $5 million in past and ongoing attorney fees incurred on behalf of a former trustee in defending against the beneficiary’s allegations of self-dealing and conflict of interest. Eight attorneys from three major law firms comprised the former trustee’s legal team, with four to five of those attorneys simultaneously appearing at the 14-day court trial.
We reverse the fee awards. While trustees are properly reimbursed for reasonable attorney fees to defend adverse claims against the trust, we cannot determine from the…
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