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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF G.T.C.

No. 27018.

854 N.W.2d 343 (2014)

2014 S.D. 65

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP and Conservatorship OF G.T.C. and E.M.C., Minor Children.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 17, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara D. Lee , Yankton, South Dakota, Attorney for appellants Christine and Daniel Iiams.

Wanda Howey-Fox of Harmelink, Fox & Ravnsborg, Yankton, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellees guardians & conservators Larry and Joan Clark.

Dana J. Larson of Kabeiseman & Pollard, Yankton, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee mother Roxanne Snoozy.

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] This case involves a dispute over the payment of reasonable attorney's fees necessarily incurred in the course of a guardianship and conservatorship. The question is whether the fees are to be paid from the estate or by the guardian and conservator personally. We conclude that under the relevant statutory language, such fees are to be paid from the estate.

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