Due Process Rights Led To The Result.
Chui v. Chui, Case No. B310325 (2d Dist., Div. 1 May 32, 2023) (unpublished), involving contentious probate and trust litigation where a guardian ad litem was appointed for two minors, a lower court approved a $534,890 fee award to GAL’s court appointed attorney to defend against the minor’s “attacks” (the appellate court’s words, not ours). However, minor had their own counsel who was disqualified and then had another counsel appointed by the court. The fee award was reversed because minors, given they were close to majority and were informed minors, had the right to their own chosen counsel to oppose the fee request. That did not happen, such that the fee award had to be overturned and remanded.
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