In re Flynn Estate

Appellants appeal as of right from an October 14, 1988, order of the Emmet County Probate Court awarding attorney fees and expenses in the amount of $3,959.16 to appellee’s counsel. Appellants assert that the court lacked authority to enter the award because the fees were not incurred as a cost of administration. We disagree and affirm.

The decedent, Mae E. Flynn, died intestate on July 19, 1981. At the time of decedent’s death, the bulk of her estate consisted of several parcels of real property and several savings or checking accounts, each held jointly, in the name of decedent and one of…