Reynolds v. Givens

This is an appeal from the probate court’s disposition of the personal representative’s account. The objector, Mrs. Hewara O’Donnell Reynolds, contends the court erred in awarding any personal representative fees and attorney fees from the assets of the estate. She also contends the court erred in failing to surcharge the personal representative for waste of the estate’s assets.

Mrs. Reynolds and decedent were both formerly United States government employees working in Europe. Decedent was divorced and had two children from his former marriage. Between 1956 and 1973 decedent and Mrs. Reynolds…