Estate of JEAN PAUL GETTY, Deceased. TRUST SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Petitioners and Respondents v. JOHN K. VAN de KAMP, as Attorney General, etc., Objector and Appellant
143 Cal. App. 3d 455 · 67351
California Court of Appeal · Filed
Holding
The court held that the probate court was bound to apply the mandatory statutory fee schedules for executors’ commissions and attorneys’ fees as set forth in Probate Code sections 901 and 910, and did not possess the discretion to depart from these schedules based on a "reasonableness" standard, even for an estate of unprecedented size.
Statutes construed
- GOV § 12511
- PROB § 1025.5
- PROB § 1122
- PROB § 1240
- PROB § 609
- PROB § 901
- PROB § 910
Cited by (3)
- Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of CHARLES COOPER. LARRY B. POASTER, as Public Guardian, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. CHARLES COOPER, Objector and Respondent (1993) 16 Cal. App. 4th 414
- Estate of CONRAD NICHOLSON HILTON, Deceased. MYRON E. HARPOLE et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. CONRAD N. HILTON FOUNDATION, Objector and Appellant; DANIEL E. LUNGREN, as Attorney General, etc., Objector and Respondent (1996) 44 Cal. App. 4th 890
- Estate of KATE HELLER, Deceased. IRVING HELLER, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. BETTY BERMAN et al., Objectors and Respondents (1992) 7 Cal. App. 4th 862
Authorities cited (2)
- Estate of JAMES EFFRON, Deceased; BANK OF AMERICA, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. CHERYL L. KOSLOW et al., Objectors and Appellants 117 Cal.App.3d 915
- Estate of JEAN PAUL GETTY, Deceased. ANNE CATHERINE GETTY, Petitioner and Appellant, v. GORDON PETER GETTY et al., Objectors and Respondents 85 Cal.App.3d 755