Legal Opinion
Poe v. Noble
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 29, 1987No. 85-1652PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
At issue in this appeal is a Request for Approval of Compensation for Services of the personal representative and counsel to the estate. The question we must decide is how counsel may proceed if the Request submitted by the personal representative does not apportion the fees and counsel seeks an apportionment by the judge sitting in the Probate Division of the Superior Court.
At the conclusion of the administration of the estate of Reese Watkins Gordon under the jurisdiction of the Probate Division of the Superior Court, appellant L. Harvey Poe, Jr., the Personal…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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