After notice to all interested persons or on petition of an interested person or an appropriate motion if administration is supervised, the court may review the propriety of employment of any person by a personal representative including any attorney, auditor, investment advisor or other specialized agent or assistant, the reasonableness of the compensation of any person so employed or the reasonableness of the compensation determined by the personal representative for his own services. Any person who has received excessive compensation from an estate for services rendered may be ordered to make appropriate refunds.
History: 1978 Comp., § 45-3-721, enacted by Laws 1995, ch. 210, § 40.
Official comments. — See Commissioners on Uniform State Law official comment to 3-721 UPC.
Effective dates. — Laws 1995, ch. 210, § 94 made the act effective July 1, 1995.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 3 - Probate of Wills and Administration
Part 7 - DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Section 45-3-701 - Time of accrual of duties and powers.
Section 45-3-702 - Priority among different letters.
Section 45-3-704 - Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
Section 45-3-705 - Duty of personal representative; notice to heirs and devisees.
Section 45-3-706 - Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisement.
Section 45-3-707 - Employment of appraisers.
Section 45-3-708 - Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory.
Section 45-3-709 - Duty of personal representative; possession of estate.
Section 45-3-710 - Power to avoid transfers.
Section 45-3-711 - Powers of personal representatives; in general.
Section 45-3-712 - Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
Section 45-3-714 - Persons dealing with personal representative; protection.
Section 45-3-715 - Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions.
Section 45-3-716 - Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
Section 45-3-717 - Co-representatives; when joint action required.
Section 45-3-718 - Powers of surviving personal representative.
Section 45-3-719 - Compensation for personal representatives.
Section 45-3-720 - Expenses in estate litigation.
Section 45-3-721 - Proceedings for review of employment and compensation.