Legal Opinion

Widmer v. Widmer

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 8, 1987No. 86-302PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is the third appeal in this case. Widmer v. Widmer, No. 85-217 (Ark. App. February 26, 1986); Widmer v. Widmer, 288 Ark. 381, 705 S.W.2d 878 (1986). In the last appeal, we held that the fees received by the attorney for the estate could not be retained for services which he performed while his license was suspended for failure to pay his license fee. On remand, appellant argued the attorney knew that his license was suspended at the time of the hearing admitting the will into probate. Therefore, the attorney practiced deceit and fraud upon the probate court. A…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Widmer v. WidmerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Widmer v. TouheySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  2. Willis v. Estate of AdamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  3. Widmer v. TaylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  4. Simmons v. Estate of WilkinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  5. McDonald's Corp. v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994

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