Where an attorney is hired by a client who is both a cofiduciary and legatee of an estate, and performs services that benefit both the estate and the individual interests of the client, the Surrogate has jurisdiction, and indeed is in the best position, to parse the two types of services, and make an award against the client personally for the services that furthered only the client's interests as either a legatee or as a challenged cofiduciary whose conduct was found to...
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