Tilton v. Lee

Petitioner, in his capacity as an estate’s personal representative in this probate proceeding, appeals from a judgment of final distribution, arguing that the trial court erroneously reduced the attorney fee award requested by petitioner in his final accounting from $22,729.40 to $9,500.1 Specifically, petitioner contends that “the trial court exercised its ‘discretion’ without evidence, while simultaneously refusing to hear testimony and argument regarding [attorney fees].’’That is, petitioner assigns error to (1) the trial court’s determination as to the reasonableness of the fees requested…