California Court of Appeal

In a probate action involving the payment of attorney's fees in which a spouse failed to comply with orders to pay lump sum professional fees, the probate court's order dividing the estate is reversed where it erroneously proceeded on the premise that Probate Code section 3089 is triggered by noncompliance with orders to pay professional fees directly to the conservator in a lump sum, rather than refusal to comply with an order to support the conservatee spouse under article 3 of part 6 of division 4 the Probate Code.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/05/16

Judges

• BEDSWORTH

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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