Can a court order that an attorney for a trustee from a trust be paid from the trust funds for abuse of discretion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Corman v. Corman, B248816 (Cal. App. 2015):
We review a trial court's order granting a request to pay an attorney for a trustee from the trust assets for abuse of discretion. (Donahue v. Donahue (2010) 182 Cal.App.4th 259, 268; see Kasperbauer v. Fairfield (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 229, 234 ["if [a] statute expressly authorizes fees, the probate court 'is vested with wide discretion
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