1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 505 A.2d
  5. 505 A.2d 100 (1986)
 

ESTATE OF RAND

505 A.2d 100 (1986)

ESTATE OF Howard W. RAND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skelton, Taintor, Abbott & Orestis Jill A. Checkoway, (orally), Lewiston, Hanscom & Carey, P.A., Fred E. Hanscom, Rumford, for appellant.

Catherine C. Valcourt, (orally), Legal Services for the Elderly, Inc., Lewiston, for appellee.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Donald Rand appeals from an order of the Oxford County Probate Court awarding "reasonable costs" to his former ward, Howard W. Rand, in addition to a money judgment based upon a finding that Donald failed to render a true account of his ward's estate. On appeal, Donald argues that the Probate Court improperly ordered him to pay costs. Because we find that the Probate Court lacked the discretion to compel Donald to pay Howard's costs, we vacate that...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases