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ESTATE OF STEVENSON

No. B182444.

46 Cal.Rptr.3d 573 (2006)

141 Cal.App.4th 1074

ESTATE OF Dan K. STEVENSON, Deceased. Kenneth G. Petrulis, as Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. William C. Wilks, Objector and Respondent.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division One.

July 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodson & Wachtel, Edward W. Wachtel, Los Angeles; Orren & Orren, Tyna Thall Orren, Pasadena, and Lowell H. Orren for Petitioner and Appellant.

Law Offices of Deborah F. Birndorf and Deborah F. Birndorf, Santa Monica, for Objector and Respondent.

MALLANO, J.

Under the Probate Code, an attorney for the administrator of an estate may be paid for extraordinary services under a "contingency fee" agreement if the trial court approves the agreement after a noticed hearing. (Prob.Code, § 10811, subd. (c).) The trial court may dispense with notice for "good cause." (Id., § 1220, subd.(c).)

In this case, the trial court approved an agreement entitling counsel to attorney fees based on hourly...

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