In this private placement adoption proceeding, the court on its own motion addressed the reasonableness of the fee of the attorney for the petitioners (Domestic Relations Law § 115 [7]). "At the outset there should be recognition of the traditional authority of the courts to supervise the charging of fees for legal services under the courts' inherent and statutory power to regulate...
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