Baumer v. Howard

NIMMONS, Judge.

The personal representative of the estate of William A. Howard appeals from a final order awarding attorneys’ fees from the estate to the attorneys for the decedent’s children for the representation of the children in proceedings on the personal representative’s petition to determine beneficiaries. The Howard children (appellees herein) cross appeal from this same order. We affirm.

In November 1985, William A. Howard was murdered. His wife, Peggy Mixon Howard, was indicted for his murder and thereafter acquitted by a jury. In June 1986, the decedent’s personal representative…