Johnson v. Guardianship of Ratcliff

OHN E. JENNINGS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order awarding a fee to an attorney hired by a guardian to represent the interests of the guardian’s ward, a minor child. For reversal of that order, appellant argues that the guardian did not have the authority to enter into a binding contract for legal services; that the probate court erred in awarding the attorney’s fee from the proceeds of a wrongful-death action; and that the fee was excessive. We affirm.

On July 5, 1998, Gwenda Johnson died in a car accident. Her daughter, Rachael Renea Ratcliff, then age two, was also injured, as were…