Legal Opinion

Estate of Rosen

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided January 27, 1987PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

Three of fourteen beneficiaries under the will of William H. Rosen appeal from the decision of the Penobscot County Probate Court approving the fee of The Merrill Trust Company as personal representative pursuant to 18-A M.R.S.A. § 3-721 (1981) and assessing attorney fees against the beneficiaries who challenge the reasonableness of the bank’s fee. We vacate the attorney fee assessment and affirm the approval of the fee of the personal representative.

The primary challenge raised on appeal is directed at the Probate Court’s assessment of attorney fees incurred at the hearing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Estate of TessierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  2. Estate of DavisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
  3. Estate of RandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Enders v. ParkerAlaska Supreme Court · 2003
  2. In Re Estate of StowellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  3. Estate of Claudette SheltraSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2020
  4. In re Estate of RoachSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  5. Enders v. ParkerAlaska Supreme Court · 2003

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