Court Opinion

ID: 9624945
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 07:22:35.816746+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:06:07.313347
License: Public Domain

HODGES, Chief Justice,
concurring specially.
While I concur in the opinion of the majority, I feel compelled to address another aspect of the case, to-wit, the amount of the attorneys’ fees.
*615My consternation arises from the fact that the total amount of attorneys’ fees awarded by the trial court", together with the contingent attorney fee of the appellant, is almost one-half of the estate. In my opinion the record does not support the amount of the attorneys’ fees, although admittedly this issue was not raised on appeal.
I would, therefore, caution the trial judge and the attorneys on remand to justify more fully the amount of attorneys’ fees awarded.