Estate of Anderson CA1/1
Appellant Eugene Schneider was the attorney for Addie Thompson, administrator of the estate of Gisteen Anderson, in a probate proceeding filed in 1992. After Schneider withdrew as counsel for Thompson, the trial court dismissed the probate petition. Seven years later, a different personal representative filed a new petition in probate court seeking to administer the same estate. When Schneider learned of the new proceeding, he objected to the final accounting, asserting entitlement to a portion of the statutory compensation as attorney for the prior personal representative. At the hearing on final distribution of the assets of the estate, the trial court determined Schneider lacked standing to pursue a claim for fees based on the dismissal of the first probate proceeding. We conclude the trial court erred, and reverse.
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