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IN MATTER OF ESTATE OF BILSIE

No. 79-1067.

100 Wis.2d 342 (1981)

302 N.W.2d 508

IN the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Benard BILSIE, Deceased: Willis B. SWARTWOUT, III, individually and on behalf of his client, Marie Curtis, Appellant, v. Robert BILSIE, proponent of the Will of Benard S. Bilsie, deceased; Waltz and Howden, attorneys for the Estate of Benard S. Bilsie, deceased; and J. D. Moretti, guardian ad litem for Anne Bilsie, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Willis B. Swartwout, III, of New Berlin.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Anthony R. Varda and Jayne K. Kuehn and DeWitt, McAndrews & Sundby, S.C. of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Bablitch, J. and Dykman, J.

GARTZKE, P.J.

Marie Curtis and her attorney, Willis B. Swartwout III, have appealed from an order that they pay the estate of Benard Bilsie $4,372.72 for attorney's fees and $432 for the fee of the guardian ad litem. The order was entered upon a finding that the continued objection by Mrs. Curtis to probate of decedent's will was frivolous. Section 814.025, Stats., authorizes the court to award reasonable attorney fees and

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