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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 53 - WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

CHAPTER 7 - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY
ARTICLE 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY
§ 53-7-10 - (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Provision of legal counsel; petition for fees and expenses; notice; appeal

O.C.G.A. 53-7-10 (2010)
53-7-10. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Provision of legal counsel; petition for fees and expenses; notice; appeal


An administrator or executor is authorized to provide competent legal counsel for the estate, according to the needs of the estate he represents. Either the administrator or executor or the attorney employed may, by petition to the judge of the probate court duly served on the other, obtain a judgment fixing the attorney's fees and expenses. The judgment shall be appealable as in other cases.