In Re the Estate of Herbert

Opinion of the Court by

RAMIL, J.

On April 22, 1999, petitioner-proponent-appellant Hanno Soth, through his attorney, Arthur Reinwald, moved for attorneys’ fees pursuant to Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 53 1 and Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §560:3-720 (Supp. 1996 & Cum. Supp. 1998), 2 for attorneys’ fees and expenses arising out of the probate and appellate proceedings culminating in In re Estate of Herbert, 90 Hawai’i 443, 979 P.2d 39 (1999).

Based upon the following, we deny Soth’s request, pursuant to HRS § 560:3-720, for attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred on appeal and…