32-61. Counsel fees allowable to attorneys serving as fiduciaries.
The clerk of superior court may exercise discretion to allow counsel fees to an attorney serving as a fiduciary or trustee (in addition to the compensation allowed to the attorney as a fiduciary or trustee) where the attorney, on behalf of the trust or fiduciary relationship, renders professional services as an attorney that are different from the services normally performed by a fiduciary or trustee and of a type which would reasonably justify the retention of legal counsel by a fiduciary or trustee who is not licensed to practice law. (2004-139, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 6 - Compensation of Trustees and Other Fiduciaries.
§ 32-54 - Compensation of trustees.
§ 32-56 - Payment of compensation without court order.
§ 32-57 - Judicial review; payment of compensation and other payments with court order.
§ 32-58 - Reimbursement for expenses incurred.
§ 32-59 - Compensation of other fiduciaries.
§ 32-60 - Effect of provisions in instrument.
§ 32-61 - Counsel fees allowable to attorneys serving as fiduciaries.