Probate: Order Directing Conservatee’s Mother To Pay One-Half Of Conservators’ Attorney’s Fees Affirmed On Appeal

 

Failure to Appeal November 2011 Order Was Fatal to Appellate Reconsideration.

     Conservatee’s mother in Conservatorship of Gregory D., Case No. B245533 (2d Dist., Div. 3 Dec. 30, 2013) (unpublished) was ordered to pay one-half of the attorney’s fees of conservators’ counsel. She appealed, arguing that compensation for the attorney could only be charged against the conservatorship estate, rather than against her. (Prob. Code, §§ 2641, 2642(b).) The problem here is that the fee award stemmed from a prior November 2011 order never appealed by mother. Pure and simple, the failure to appeal the prior order was fatal, because it was final and binding on mother at this juncture.

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