Wolf v. Ahlman

REVISED OPINION

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether Harry A. Ahlman, the proponent of a will and the personal representative named therein, or Cristol, Mishan & Sloto, his attorneys, may be awarded attorneys’ fees and costs from the decedent’s estate for Ahlman’s unsuccessful attempt to probate the will where, in an unchallenged final judgment, Ahlman was found to have procured the execution of the will through undue influence.1’2 The order under review, challenged on this appeal by Alice Wolf, the decedent’s next of kin, granted Ahlman’s motion for attorneys’ fees and…