ESTATE OF BONACCORSI

No. G019597.

81 Cal.Rptr.2d 604 (1999)

69 Cal.App.4th 462

ESTATE OF Anthony BONACCORSI, Deceased. Joseph A. Ricca, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Salvatore Bonaccorsa et al., Objectors and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 16, 1999.

Review Denied May 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Martinet, Leonard J. Martinet, Novato, and Zenobia Lal-Wadia, Antjoch, for Petitioner and Appellant.

Kenneth R. Farrow, Gardena, for Objectors and Respondents.


OPINION

CROSBY, J.

In this probate matter, the discharged administrator of an estate appeals from orders surcharging him $134,200 for breach of fiduciary duty, denying statutory and extraordinary fees, and imposing an additional $50,000 in attorney fees for bad faith.

We disallow the surcharge for the depreciated value of the decedent's residence ($50,000) and the fee award, but affirm the remaining surcharges. Substantial evidence supports the court...

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