Notice Of Hearing On Application For Attorney Fees Page 24

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settlement of the claim and the amount, if any, to be received in the
settlement of the right of action for conscious pain and suffering. The
statement shall include the proposed allocation of the compensation to be
received in settlement of the action for wrongful death.
B.
A hearing upon the application may be set, at the discretion of the Judge.
C.
The application shall state what arrangement have been made with respect to
counsel fees, which fees shall be subject to review by the Court.
D.
Guardians-ad-litem may be required for minor beneficiaries.
RULE 70.2
MULTIPLE BENEFICIARIES
A separate wrongful death trust, with its own case number, shall be created for
each trust beneficiary.
SUP. R. 71
COUNSEL FEES
RULE 71.1
ATTORNEY FEES
Counsel in decedent’s estates shall enter into a dated written fee agreement with
the fiduciary for the estate and file the fee agreement with the Court at the time the
inventory is filed. That agreement shall contain an estimate of the total fee and shall be
provided to any residual beneficiary upon request.
RULE 71.3
ATTORNEY SERVING AS FIDUCIARY
In all matters where an attorney is the fiduciary of the estate, guardianship or
trust, and that attorney or another is the attorney of record, detailed records shall be
maintained describing time and services as fiduciary and as attorney, which records shall,
upon request, be submitted to the Court for review. DR2-106 of the Code of Professional
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