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IN RE ESTATE OF BECKER

No. 2007AP42.

746 N.W.2d 532 (2008)

2008 WI App 28

In re The ESTATE OF Theodore C. BECKER, Deceased. Stephen J. Bloom, Appellant, v. Lorraine Bloom Grawoig, Joann Bloom Carrell Hugo, Judith Seeder Baskin, Nancy Seeder Geller, Stephen Seeder, Barbara Bloom Kreml and Donald G. Bloom, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed January 31, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph A. Ranney and Michele Perreault of DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, S.C., Madison.

On behalf of the respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas J. Vale of Duxstad, Vale & Bestul, S.C., Monroe.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, P.J., and VERGERONT and BRIDGE, JJ.

¶ 1 BRIDGE, J.

Stephen Bloom appeals the circuit court's judgment in this contested will matter which provided that attorney fees and costs incurred by certain of the deceased's paternal heirs were to be paid from the estate as a whole. Contrary to the circuit court's ruling, Bloom argues that WIS. STAT. § 879.37 (2005-06)1 permits the award of fees and costs from certain of the paternal heirs' distributive share. We disagree...

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