SANDERS v. LAWSON

No. B185999.

164 Cal.App.4th 434 (2008)

LIONEL B. SANDERS, as Conservator, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CHERYL LAWSON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

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Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Gold, Birnberg & Coleman, Marshal Oldman and Justin B. Gold for Defendant and Appellant.

Ronald J. Seeley and David A. Seeley for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

ALDRICH, J.

INTRODUCTION

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the attorney fees provision of the Elder Abuse Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15657.5)1 authorizes the award of trustee fees as costs. We hold that it does not.

Lawrence I. Schwartz as trustee of the Lawson Family Trust (the Trust), and Lionel B. Sanders as conservator of the estates of Louis and Sylvia Lawson...

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