ESTATE OF BAUM

Docket No. A036385.

209 Cal.App.3d 744 (1989)

257 Cal. Rptr. 566

Estate of SALLY ANN BAUM, Deceased. JOHN B. MOLINARI, as Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. ROBERT LYLE et al., Objectors and Appellants; FRANCHETTI & FRANCHETTI, Intervener and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

April 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David Price Jones and Palmer, Duckworth & Jones for Objectors and Appellants.

No appearance for Petitioner and Respondent.

Michael Franchetti, Tiffany Franchetti and Franchetti & Franchetti for Intervener and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

PETERSON, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the probate court awarding attorney fees for extraordinary services rendered on behalf of a decedent's estate. (See Prob. Code, § 910.) The question on appeal is whether the award was excessive, either because it violated a settlement agreement negotiated by the attorney or because it constituted...

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