In re the Estate of Bianculli

—In a proceeding pursuant to SCPA 2110 to fix and determine an attorney’s fee, the appeal is from so much of a decree Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County (Weber, S.), dated May 25, 2000, as, upon granting the petitioner’s application for an attorney’s fee, directed that it be paid out of the general estate.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs payable by the estate to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

SCPA 2110 (1) provides, in pertinent part, that “the court is authorized to fix and determine the compensation of an…