In Re Padezanin

How courts have described this case

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• indicating that an executor has the duty “to preserve and protect the property for distribution to the proper persons within a reasonable time”
• noting attorney’s efforts constituted a substantial benefit where he ensured inclusion of previously omitted real estate in the inventory of the estate
• affirming award of attorney fees incurred because litigants refused to comply with obligation until a petition for contempt was drafted and served
• “[i]n reviewing a trial court's award of attorneys' fees [under 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 2503(7)], our standard is abuse of discretion”
• “as long as the estate is solvent, rental is not awarded to an estate from an heir or devisee occupying land of the decedent when the decedent died”
• “If there is support in the record for the trial court’s findings of fact that the conduct of the party was obdurate, vexatious or in bad faith, we will not disturb the trial court’s decision.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).