In Re the Estate of Engels

Foth, C.J.:

DeLoy Rogge, Administrator CTA, appeals from several rulings regarding Gennade V. Engels’ estate. They involve attorney fees for the efforts of appellee Allen E. Ehlebracht to probate a later will of the decedent and Ehlebracht’s conduct as executor and special administrator.

The decedent, Gennade Engels, learned that she had Lou Gehrig’s disease during the first months of 1980. Acknowledging her mortality, Gennade executed a will on April 23, 1980. She had apparently drafted or executed a number of wills prior to 1980, but these wills have not been found. The April will left her…