Estate of STELLA SCHUSTER, Deceased. BERNARD W. SHAFER, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. STANLEY N. GLEIS, Claimant and Appellant; CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER et al., Objectors and Respondents

163 Cal. App. 3d 337 · B005911

California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Filed December 31, 1984

Holding

The court held that the 1983 amendment to Probate Code section 902, authorizing compensation from an estate for the successful preprobate defense of a will contest, applied retroactively to a pending probate proceeding and that the trial court abused its discretion in denying any fees to the executor’s attorney for such services.

Statutes construed

PROB § 902
PROB § 910

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