Case Title: In re Tucker

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1997-10-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
In re Tucker  (97-018); 167 Vt. 580; 703 A.2d 1128

[Filed 15-Oct-1997]

                          ENTRY ORDER

                 SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 97-018

                        OCTOBER TERM, 1997

In re Guardianship of Alda Tucker     }   APPEALED FROM:
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                                      }     Franklin Superior Court
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                                      }     DOCKET NO. S147-96 Fc

       In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       In this case a social worker employed by hospital filed a petition in
  probate court to appoint a guardian for a hospital patient.  The petition
  was granted and the hospital sought reimbursement for its legal fees from
  the patient's guardian.  The probate court ordered the guardian to
  reimburse the hospital, but the superior court reversed the order and
  denied attorney's fees.  This appeal followed.

       The superior court's order denying attorney's fees to the petitioner
  is affirmed for the reason that such fees are not allowed by statute or
  contract, and no exception to the American rule applies.  Albright v. Fish,
  139 Vt. 585,