Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Quinn
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided March 27, 1992No. 900169-CAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORME, Judge:
Appellant Kip Quinn, successor personal representative of the estate of Fenton Glade Quinn, Sr., challenges the district court’s award of $56;145.24 in attorney fees and costs to a Salt Lake City law firm that had provided legal services to the estate prior to the original representative’s dismissal. We reverse and remand.
FACTS
On May 24, 1984, Fenton Glade Quinn, Sr. murdered his wife, Dawana Quinn, and then shot and killed himself. Appellee, Fenton Sr.’s son by a previous marriage, was appointed as personal representative of his father’s estate, at which time he hired the…
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