In this proceeding decedent's spouse seeks permission to remove the restrictions contained in her limited letters of administration so that she may receive the settlement proceeds from a cause of action arising from personal injuries sustained by decedent on May 20, 1985. Counsel for petitioner requests a larger legal fee than the Surrogate's Court, Bronx County, held in 1981 in Matter of Purtill (
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