Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Holmberg
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 10, 2012No. A12-245PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOOTEN, Judge.
In this probate action, appellant challenges the denial of her motion for attorney fees and expenses from the decedent’s estate under Minn.Stat. § 524.3-720. Because appellant’s self-nomination as personal representative of the estate was authorized neither by decedent’s will nor by the probate code’s priority of appointment statute, and appellant failed in her challenge of the will, we affirm.
FACTS
Decedent Tod R. Holmberg died on December 13, 2009. Respondent Janice Hanson-Holmberg was his wife at the time of his death and appellant Lisa Roy is one of Holmberg’s three…
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