Brown v. Brown

I respectfully dissent.

Probate Code section 2645, subdivision (b), effective January 1994, reads as follows: “No parent, child, sibling, or spouse of a person who is a guardian or conservator, and no law partnership or corporation whose partner, shareholder, or employee is serving as a guardian or conservator shall receive any compensation for legal services performed for the guardian or conservator unless the court specifically approves the right to the compensation and finds that it is to the advantage, benefit, and best interests of the ward or conservatee.” (Italics added.) On its face,…