What are the Attorney/Executor Fees in Probate?
Because probate is a court proceeding, it is often best to hire an attorney to help your heirs through the process. Hiring an attorney means your heirs must be prepared to pay fees to that attorney for his or her time spent on your case. Another person involved who must be paid is the executor you name in your will or who is appointed by the court. Both the attorney and the executor can charge a fee. California Law sets the fees that attorneys and executors can charge for a probate. Those fees are listed below. However, the law also gives the attorney and the executor the right to charge extra-ordinary fees for many different services. These extra-ordinary fees are then added to the minimum statutory guidelines.
