In Re Estate of Burgeson

Patrick T. Murphy, the public guardian for Cook County, filed a petition to vacate portions of two orders entered during probate proceedings in the estate of Zella Burgeson. One such order approved the final account of the executor, including the disbursement of fees to respondent, Sheldon Kirshner, the executor’s attorney. The other order discharged a special administrator who had been appointed by the court upon Murphy’s petition. This order contained a finding that the special administrator had conducted a thorough investigation of allegations of wrongdoing that Murphy had made against…