In the Matter of Trust T-1 of Mary Faye Trimble, Judith R. Cunningham, Trustee

WATERMAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we. review probate court orders compelling trustee Judith R. Cunningham to personally pay $54,120 in attorney fees and costs incurred litigating whether her sister, Marylynn Miller, a beneficiary, was entitled to an accounting for the period their aunt, settlor Mary Faye Trimble, was alive and the trust revocable. We also review the ruling compelling that accounting. This appeal provides an opportunity to address the criteria for allocating attorney fees under Iowa Code section 633A.4507 (2009) 1 and to decide the accounting issue — a question of first…