Reasonable probate fees?

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Indiana. I recently completed being the executor for my mother's estate. The amount that went thru Probate was a little over $300,000 and the process was unsupervised. It was split evenly between the 3 children and was completely uncontested.

Is $8,700 in attorneys fees reasonable? Is there an accepted formula for determining this amount?

 

[seniorjudge]

Indiana. I recently completed being the executor for my mother's estate. The amount that went thru Probate was a little over $300,000 and the process was unsupervised. It was split evenly between the 3 children and was completely uncontested.

Is $8,700 in attorneys fees reasonable? Is there an accepted formula for determining this amount?

This seems excessive.


http://experts.about.com/q/Indiana-98/Attorney-Fees.htm

 

[Dandy Don]

Talk to a local probate attorney about this (there probably will be no Indiana probate attorney looking at this message board), or look up Indiana state law on www.findlaw.com

DANDY DON IN OKLAHOMA ([email protected])