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MATTER OF WILLIAMS

2017-11312. Index No. 5594/83.

168 A.D.3d 753 (2019)

89 N.Y.S.3d 646

2019 NY Slip Op 00133

In the Matter of Winnie Williams, Deceased. Leander Lewis, Respondent; Steve Okenwa, Appellant, et al., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided January 9, 2019.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

"In a proceeding pursuant to SCPA 2110 to fix and determine an attorney's fee, the Surrogate bears the ultimate responsibility of deciding what constitutes a reasonable legal fee, regardless of the existence of a retainer agreement or whether all of the interested parties have consented to the amount of fees requested" (Matter of Talbot, 84 A.D.3d 967

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