In Re Trusts of Strange Ex Rel. Whitney

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• finding that a final decision on an issue of fees related to the administration of an estate is not collateral or incidental to the principal action and therefore subject to appeal under Rule 304(b)(1)
• not addressing an argument based on quantum meruit where “[n]othing in the record indicates that [the appellants] raised the issue of quantum meruit in the trial court”
• the trial court’s denial of a fee petition in a trust case “was a final resolution of the fees” and, “in the interest of efficiency and the sound and practical administration of the trusts, the issue was immediately appealable” under Rule 304(b)(1)

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