....the probate examiner is questioning whether or not the attorney should receive $250.00 in extraordinary fees for obtaining a tax ID number and advising the executor to file a tax return.
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Estate of S. XXXXX (Fresno County) Decedent died without a will (intestate). Cost to heirs....$6,275.04 in statutory attorney fees. Estate was worth approximately $175k. Petitioner S. XXXXX, likely the child of the decedent, received the entire estate through intestate succession.
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Probate Round-Up. Small estate on the docket today ($45,000) in Estate of Arthur M. XXXXX. Even small probates yield nice results for the estate attorney (i.e., in this case, $1,800.00 in statutory fees and $600.00 in additional statutory fees for sale of realty). When the heirs desire to sell estate real property (i.e., instead of distributing shares as tenants in common), even if the real property is under the statutory amount of $150,000.00, the only way to accomplish the sale is through a formal probate.
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