In re the Estate of Tobias

—Decree, Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Renee Roth, S.), entered on or about August 22, 1995, which, after a trial on objectant’s accounting objections before a court attorney Referee, inter alia, awarded legal fees in the aggregate amount of $110,000 to counsel for the executrix, to be paid from the decedent’s estate, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The Surrogate did not err in awarding the fees at issue. After counsel estimated the costs of handling the estate, the matter became more complicated than a routine matter, as had been believed initially. Objections were filed and the…