We are asked to decide whether the Surrogate is empowered to review the reasonableness of a fee first proposed by a so-called "heir locater" firm and agreed to by the distributee of an unclaimed estate. We hold that the Surrogate has such a power and that it was properly exercised in this case by reducing the fee from 40% of the estate to approximately 15%.
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