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Arkansas Court of Appeals holds that attorney for incompetent person is not entitled to attorney’s fees for challenge of guardianship.

Posted in Family Law, Practice & Procedure, Probate Law, tagged , , on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In re: the Estate of Mary Elizabeth Reimer, incompetent, No. CA09-770. In 2004, George Reimer petitioned for guardianship over his wife, Mary Elizabeth Reimer. The trial court found Mrs. Reimer incompetent and appointed Mr. Reimer as guardian over her person. Two years later, Mr. Reimer moved to change guardians, and Karen Hunter, Mrs. Reimer’s daughter, [...]

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Arkansas Court of Appeals holds that advice regarding legal matters may be sufficient for privity for malpractice action.

Posted in Probate Law, Torts, tagged , , , , on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Howard v. Adams, No. CA08-1190. Facts Relating to Bill Watkins In the latter part of 1998, Odis and Mabel Howard visited attorney Bill Watkins to obtain estate-planning services. Watkins drafted (1) a revocable trust to hold all of Otis’s and Mabel’s property and (2) a deed transferring Odis’s forty-six-acre tract of land to the trust. [...]

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