Legal Opinion
Ford v. Peoples Trust & Savings Bank
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 27, 1995No. 87A01-9412-CV-411PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Judge.
Appellant-respondent Lucile Ford claims that the trial court's awards of personal representative and attorney fees are unreasonable.
BACEGROUND
On July 28, 1994, appellees-petitioners Peoples Trust and Savings Bank and Mary J. Derr, as co-personal representatives of the estate of Katie K. Barker, filed a petition requesting that the trial court determine co-personal representative fees and attorney fees. On August 17, 1994, Ford, a devisee of the decedent, filed an objection to this petition. After a hearing, the trial court awarded fees in the amount of $32,000.00 to Derr,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
- Bratton v. YergaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1992
- Heirs of the & Objectors to the Petition for Fees Below v. MathesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
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