Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Morris
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 9, 1998No. 20858-0-II, 20768-1-IIPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The heirs of the Morris estates sued the Personal Representative of the estates (Key Trust) in King County, alleging negligence and breach of fiduciary duties in managing estate assets. Key Trust successfully defended its actions at both the trial and appellate levels. Key Trust did not request its attorney fees in the King County action, but later brought a petition before the Thurston County Superior Court supervising the probate. The Thurston County Superior Court denied Key Trust’s petition for payment of attorney fees out of estate assets and closed the estate.
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Howard Morris died on…
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