IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY TENNESSEE
IN RE:
__________________________________________
DOCKET NO.:_________________
APPLICATION FOR FEE
(Following a Hearing)
________________________, who served as ______________________ (Attorney for the Petitioner, or adversary
Counsel, or Attorney ad litem, or who serves(d) as attorney for the Executor/Administrator/Conservator/Guardian or
____________________, makes the following request for fees to be paid out of the estate.
1. The Court is requested to approve the amount of $______________, total of expenses incurred and fees for
services rendered, for the time period from ___________ 201__ through ____________ 201___.
2. The fee requested is based on an hourly rate of $______ per hour for a total of _____ hours of service. Expenses
incurred during the same time frame total $__________ .
3. This is the applicant’s first request for fees in this matter.
(OR)
3. During the preceding three years, fees awarded and/or received by the applicant for services rendered in this
case (include fees paid to other members of same firm if applicable):
$_________ for the period from _________, 2009 through _________, 2010.
$_________ for the period from _________, 2010 through _________, 2011.
$_________ for the period from _________, 2011 through _________, 2012.
4. A detailed itemization of the services rendered and expenses incurred is attached. CAVEAT: If the fee/expense
request is for other than a modest fee or routine services (i.e. hours required), justification for the amount of
service/time required and/or hourly rate shall also be set forth.
5. This application, together with all attachments, has been served upon all Interested Parties (i.e. beneficiaries of
a decedent’s estate, the personal representative and the creditors if the estates is possibly insolvent; or in
guardianships or conservatorships the spouse and next of kin of a ward or minor and the conservator or
guardian).
6. (IF APPLICABLE) Fees are also being requested in a related case (i.e. siblings in separate guardianships, etc.),
being ___________ under docket number___________. The aggregate of all fees requested is $__________ of
which $___________ is to be assessed to this file.
I swear or affirm that the above information and that set forth in the attachments is true.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________________________
Signature of Attorney
Address of Firm, Etc.
(Notary acknowledgement and certificate of service required)
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