Tupitza v. Martin

MASSIAH-JACKSON, J,

This matter now comes before the Honorable Superior Court for the third time. See In re Estate of Young, 2787 EDA 2006 (Pa. Super. 2007) (Young I); In re Estate of Young, 1761 EDA 2008 (Pa. Super. 2009) (Young II).

When Mrs. Helen Young died in June 2003, her daughter, Deborah Young Hamilton retained the Martin attorneys (appellees). Mrs. Hamilton sought counsel in order to scrutinize her mother’s inter vivos transactions in Orphans’ Court and to file a civil action for money damages in her individual capacity.

*418In 2006, shortly after the Orphans’ Court issued a comprehensive…