Legal Opinion
In Re Guardianship of Eaton
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 16, 2012No. 2011-171PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConboy, J.
The petitioner, Daniel Eaton, appeals the denial of his motion for payment of legal fees, arguing that the Cheshire County Probate Court (.Hampe, J.) erred in finding that the imposition of a guardianship does not require the proposed ward to pay a good-faith petitioner’s attorney’s fees pursuant to RSA 464-A:43 (2004). We affirm.
The pertinent facts are drawn from the record. In March 2010, Dean Eaton (Dean), the petitioner’s brother, filed a petition for guardianship over their mother, Mary Louise Eaton. The petitioner objected to Dean’s petition and filed his own petition. In June 2010, in…
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