In re the Estate of Kunicki

In a probate proceeding, Seth Rubenstein, EC., appeals from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County (Harkavy, J.), dated April 13, 2005, as, upon its application to fix an attorney’s fee, fixed its fee at the principal sum of $109,620, inclusive of reimbursement of a handwriting expert’s fee of $60,884, and directed the petitioner to refund to Elizabeth Bednarz the sum of $25,391, and Elizabeth Bednarz cross-appeals from so much of the same order as partially dismissed her counterclaim, in effect, to reduce the sum owed as reimbursement to the petitioner for the handwriting…