In re Estate of Oburn

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2706

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in denying appellant's application for a fiduciary fee for her work as administrator of decedent's estate. Even if appellant was authorized by statute to receive a fiduciary fee based on a wrongful-death settlement, which was not part of decedent's estate, she failed to identify any source of funds from which she could be compensated. Decedent's estate had no assets to pay the fiduciary fee, and the wrongful-death statute did not entitle her to a portion of the settlement proceeds. Judgment affirmed.