NELSON & LA FEMINA v. GUARDIANSHIP OF PLATSKY

No. 98-3423.

745 So.2d 1057 (1999)

NELSON & LA FEMINA, P.A., Appellant, v. GUARDIANSHIP OF Bertha PLATSKY, etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson & La Femina and Marcia E. Levine, Boca Raton, for appellant,

No appearance for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY and FLETCHER, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The ruling of the trial judge in reducing a plainly excessive but otherwise uncontested claim to fees and costs for services by the attorneys for a guardianship estate was fully in accordance with the probate court's right and duty to protect the interests of the ward. See § 744.108, Fla. Stat. (1999); McGinnis v. Kanevsky, 564 So.2d 1141, 1143 n. 7 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); Ash v. Coconut Grove Bank...

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