Lovett v. Brown

| .WOODARD, Judge.

On appeal, we consider whether it was proper for the trial court to deny Richard D. Moreno, the Defendant’s Attorney Ad Hoc, a reasonable fee for serving in that capacity because the Defendant later retained him to serve as his private counsel. We reverse.

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On November 12, 2002, Robert W. Lo-vett, Jr., as Administrator of the succession of Robert W. Lovett (Decedent), filed a petition to include, in the succession, certain assets that the Defendants, Star Wheat Brown and William Lamar Coulter, allegedly removed from the Decedent’s estate. Specifically, Mr. Lovett…