§ 13.7.3 CONTESTED FEE PETITIONS

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 13.7.3 Contested Fee Petitions

Some objections to fee petitions may be resolved on the briefing alone. Other times oral argument or an evidentiary hearing¹⁶ may be required.

Busenbark v. Smith, 55 Ariz. 1, 97 P.2d 533 (1940).................................................................................. 13-4

Estate of Flaherty, 484 N.W.2d 515 (N.D. 1992)....................................................................................... 13-7

Feffer v. Newman, 17 Ariz. App. 273, 497 P.2d 389 (1972).................................................................... 13-4

First Nat'l Bank of Holbrook v. Superior Court, 42 Ariz. 467, 27 P.2d 525 (1933).............................. 13-7

Gomez v. Maricopa County, 175 Ariz. 469, 857 P.2d 1323 (App. 1993)............................................. 13-16

Gonzales v. Superior Court, 117 Ariz. 64, 570 P.2d 1077 (1977).......................................................... 13-20

Great Western Bank and Trust v. Myers, 109 Ariz. 542, 514 P.2d 463 (1973)...................................... 13-9

Guardianship of Sleeth, 226 Ariz. 171, 244 P.3d 1169 (App. 2010)..................................................... 13-19

In re Balke's Estate, 78 Ariz. 102, 276 P.2d 527 (1954)....................................................................... 13-3, 9

In re Conservatorship for Mallet, 233 Ariz. 29, 308 P.3d 1180 (App. 2013)........................................ 13-14

In re Conservatorship of Fallers, 181 Ariz. 227, 889 P.2d 20 (App. 1995)............................................ 13-17

In re CVR 1997 Irrevocable Trust, 202 Ariz. 174, 42 P.3d 605 (App. 2002)..................................... 13-18

In re Estate and Guardianship of Purton, 7 Ariz. App. 526, 441 P.2d 561 (1968).............................. 13-13

In re Estate and Guardianship of Vermeersch, 15 Ariz. App. 315, 488 P.2d 671 (1971).................... 13-13

In re Estate of O'Brien, In re O'Brien's Estate, 18 Ariz. App. 566, 504 P.2d 507 (1972)....... 13-9, 12, 13

In re Estate of Brown, 137 Ariz. 309, 670 P.2d 414 (App. 1983)............................................................ 13-9

In re Estate of Estes, 134 Ariz. 70, 654 P.2d 4 (App. 1982)........................................................... 13-3, 4, 6

In re Estate of Fogleman, 197 Ariz. 252, 3 P.3d 1172 (App. 2000)......................................................... 13-5

In re Estate of Friedman, 217 Ariz. 548, 177 P.3d 290 (App. 2008).................................................... 13-21

In re Estate of Gordon, 207 Ariz. 401, 87 P.3d 89 (App. 2004)............................................ 13-5–7, 11, 19

In re Estate of Groves, 163 Ariz. 394, 788 P.2d 127 (App. 1990)......................................................... 13-10

In re Estate of Headstream, 214 Ariz. 530, 155 P.3d 1054 (App. 2007)................................................ 13-4

In re Estate of Parker, 217 Ariz. 563, 177 P.3d 305 (App. 2008)........................................................ 13-21

In re Estate of Pitt, 1 Ariz. App. 533, 405 P.2d 471 (1965)..................................................................... 13-4

In re Estate of Shano, 177 Ariz. 550, 869 P.2d 1203 (App. 1993)........................................ 13-4, 5, 11, 12

In re Estate of Shattuck, 21 Ariz. App. 528, 521 P.2d 159 (1974).......................................................... 13-2

In re Estate of Smith, 131 Ariz. 190, 639 P.2d 380 (App. 1981)............................................................ 13-4

In re Estate of Stephens, 117 Ariz. 579, 574 P.2d 67 (App. 1978)........................................................... 13-6

In re Estate of Wiswall, 11 Ariz. App. 314, 464 P.2d 634 (1970).......................................................... 13-4

In re Estate of Wyttenbach, 219 Ariz. 120, 193 P.3d 814 (App. 2013)................................................. 13-21

In re Guardianship of Sleeth, 226 Ariz. 171, 244 P.3d 1169 (App. 2010)............................................ 13-14

In re Guardianship of Sorrells, 58 Ariz. 25, 117 P.2d 96 (1941)............................................................ 13-12

In re Guardianship/Conservatorship of Denton, 190 Ariz. 152, 945 P.2d 1283 (1997)........................ 13-21

In re Killen's Estate, 188 Ariz. 569, 937 P.2d 1375 (App. 1996)............................................................ 13-5

In re Lamparella, 210 Ariz....