Compensation; attorney's services
Sec. 13. If a testator by will makes provision for the compensation
of his personal representative, that shall be taken as his full
compensation unless he files in the court a written instrument
renouncing all claims for the compensation provided by the will
before qualifying as personal representative. The personal
representative, when no compensation is provided in the will, or
when he renounces all claim to the compensation provided in the
will, shall be allowed such compensation for his services as the court
shall deem just and reasonable. Additional compensation may be
allowed for his services as attorney and for other services not
required of a personal representative. An attorney performing
services for the estate at the instance of the personal representative
shall have such compensation therefor out of the estate as the court
shall deem just and reasonable. Such compensation may be allowed
at the final settlement; but at any time during administration a
personal representative or his attorney may apply to the court for an
allowance upon the compensation of the personal representative and
upon attorney's fees.
(Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1013.)
Last modified: May 27, 2006