In In the Est. of Lemme, an administratrix of an estate hired her boyfriend to do legal work. No. 07-21-00300-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 8829 (Tex. App.—Amarillo December 1, 2022, no pet. history). After an accounting was submitted, heirs objected to the amount of the fees paid. The trial
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A Trustee Can Generally Pay Attorney’s Fees Out of a Trust in Defending the Trustee’s Conduct
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In In the Guardianship of Hollis, a special needs trust’s trustee used $67,000 to build a pool on the beneficiary’s parent’s property. No. 14-13-00659-CV, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 12038 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] November 4, 2014, no pet.). The trial court ordered show cause hearings to determine the appropriateness of…