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IN RE ADOPTION OF M.M.H.

No. 1331 WDA 2008.

981 A.2d 261 (2009)

In re ADOPTION OF M.M.H. Appeal of James E. Mahood and Wilder & Mahood, P.C., Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Mahood, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

BEFORE: KLEIN, ALLEN, and COLVILLE, JJ.

OPINION BY ALLEN, J.:

¶ 1 This is an adoption case that concerns the orphans' court's authority to determine, sua sponte, the reasonable value of an attorney's legal services and to reduce the legal fees it finds excessive. In this case, the trial court, sitting en banc, concluded that the legal fees of James E. Mahood and Wilder and Mahood, P.C., ("Appellants") were excessive when compared to similar cases in Allegheny County, and reduced them...

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