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Probate: Will Contest-Attorney Fees
Staff Report//January 12, 2024//
Where decedent’s daughters challenged a judgment awarding attorney fees from the estate to the decedent’s son in a will contest, the trial court lacked the authority to award the fees under the circumstances of the case, so the judgment is reversed.
Judgment is reversed.
In the Estate of: Anna Lois Tyner (MLW No. 80975/Case No. ED111494 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gardner, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Shelby County, Tucker, J. (John W. Russell for appellants) (Neil F. Maune Jr. for respondents).
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