The 2024 Florida Statutes
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. . . See §§ 733.617(1) & 733.6171(3), Fla. . . .
. . . Agreement, which proposed that fees be “calculated pursuant to the provisions of Florida Statutes § 733.6171 . . . Indeed, although the “Amount of Fees” purports to be calculated pursuant to Florida Statutes §§ 733.6171 . . . Stat. §§ 733.6171(2), 736.1007(2). . . . He admits that he knew that the provisions of Florida Statutes §§ 733.6171 and 737.2041 were not mandatory . . . based on the value of the trust assets ... at the rate of 75 percent of the schedule provided in s. 733.6171 . . .
. . . See §§ 733.612(19) & 733.6171(1), Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . Butzel Long, as attorney for the personal representative, claimed fees pursuant to sections 733.6171 . . .
. . . . § 733.6171, Fla. Stat. (2007). . . . Section (5) enumerates nine specific factors a court must consider in determining a reasonable fee. § 733.6171 . . .
. . . . § 733.6171, Fla. Stat. Compensation of attorney for the personal representative. § 733.6175, Fla. . . . Revision: Addition in (a)(4) of specific attorney fee compensation disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . .
. . . committee notes. 1996 Revision: Addition of specific fee waiver disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . . Representation. § 733.6171, Fla. Stat. . . . Revision: Addition in (a)(4) of specific attorney fee compensation disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . .
. . . Revision: Addition in (a)(4) of specific attorney fee compensation disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . .
. . . The Florida Probate Code in section 733.6171(4), Florida Statutes (2003), provides that “[i]n addition . . . thereby denied Bau-mann’s claim for extraordinary services fees, contrary to the mandate of section 733.6171 . . .
. . . services due to Appellee, as personal representative, pursuant to the factors contained in section 733.6171 . . .
. . . committee notes. 1996 Revision: Addition of specific fee waiver disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . . Representation. § 733.6171, Fla. Stat. . . . Compensation of personal representative. § 733.6171, Fla. Stat. . . . Revision: Addition in (a)(4) of specific attorney fee compensation disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . .
. . . both sought fees based on the sliding scale percentage fee rate provided for in sections 733.617 and 733.6171 . . . decision to award fees based on the sliding scales provided in section 733.617 for the P.R. and section 733.6171 . . . sought a separate enhancement of his fee for preparing the federal estate tax return based on section 733.6171 . . . Section 733.6175(2), Florida Statutes (1992), formerly section 733.6171(8), provides: Court proceedings . . .
. . . reprosentative(s) aro disclosed on Schedule F, unless-the disclosure is waived pursuant-to Section 733.6171 . . .
. . . Carlon was entitled to an approximate fee of $3435 under section 733.6171, Florida Statutes (2000). . . . For instance, section 733.6171 sets forth a statutorily presumed reasonable fee for the personal representative . . . no rule 4-1.5(a) violation where amount charged in probate matter was consistent with amount section 733.6171 . . .
. . . personal representatives and their attorney, Stiss, were calculated pursuant to sections 783.617 and 733.6171 . . .
. . . .” § 733.6171(6), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . .
. . . Appellee points to section 733.6171(3), Florida Statutes (1993), as support for its award, noting that . . . See § 733.6171(3). . . . See § 733.6171(4). . . .
. . . Section 733.6171, Florida Statutes, sets forth the bases for payment of fees for extraordinary services . . . Although we understand the trial court’s reason for including the quoted language in the order, § 733.6171 . . .
. . . As to this latter point, the statutory authority to which Boose, Casey points, section 733.6171, does . . .
. . . In addition, section 733.6171(7) allowed an attorney to recover costs for the time expended by the attorney . . . Section 733.6171(8) further provides: This section shall apply to estates in which an order of discharge . . . First, both courts relied on section 733.6171(7). . . . Williams responded with a motion to determine the applicability of section 733.6171. . . . The effective date of section 733.6171 was October 1, 1993. . . .
. . . of record to testify for the bank as an expert witness; (5) the probate court’s finding that section 733.6171 . . . and (9) the constitutionality of the probate court’s application of the statutory changes to section 733.6171 . . . Both the 1993 and 1995 versions of section 733.6171, Florida Statutes, provide in part: (1) Attorneys . . . Counsel analogized the 1995 version of section 733.6171(3), the provision for calculation of attorney . . . The term “substantially unreasonable” appears in the 1995 version of section 733.6171. . . .
. . . The passage of section 733.6171(8), Florida Statutes (1995), superseded the holding of Platt excluding . . .
. . . trial court determined Herb & Medniek were entitled to an award of attorneys fees pursuant to section 733.6171 . . . Supp.1990), controls the issue of attorney’s fees against this estate, or whether the amended section 733.6171 . . . We reject Herb & Med-nick’s argument section 733.6171(7), Florida Statutes (1993) would allow a fee, . . . representative’s attorney” related to court proceedings to determine compensation for that attorney. § 733.6171 . . .
. . . 5.180 and 5.400 are amended to include the specific fee waiver disclosure requirements found in section 733.6171 . . . committee notes. 1996 Revision: Addition of specific fee waiver disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . . Representation. § 733.6171, Fla.Stat. . . . compensation for attorneys for the personal representatives are as follows: Florida Probate Code, F.S. 733.6171 . . . Compensation of personal representatives-and-professionals. § 733.6171, Fla.Stat. . . . Revision: Addition in (a)(1) of specific attorney fee compensation disclosure requirements found in § 733.6171 . . .
. . . Section 733.6171(8) indicates an effective date of October 1,1993, and directs: (8) This section shall . . . Clearly, it falls within the purview of section 733.6171(8), Florida Statutes (1993). . . . Section 733.6171(7), Florida Statutes (1993), provides: Court proceedings to determine compensation, . . . We note that section 733.6171 does not distinguish between current and former agents. . . . To limit section 733.6171 to only current counsel when its companion section, 733.6175, clearly does . . .
. . . approval of compensation of professionals merely as a cautionary measure, urging that under section 733.6171 . . . Section 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993), provides in part: (1) Attorneys for personal representatives . . . attorney’s and accountant’s fees without reference to the percentage formula authorized by section 733.6171 . . . Our reading of section 733.6171(4) leads us to conclude that appellee’s petition for a decrease in the . . . As to the portion of the order which approved compensation of the accountant, section 733.6171 does not . . .
. . . Under section 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993), compensation for attorneys of personal representatives . . . Williams responded with a motion to determine the applicability of section 733.6171. . . . The panel held that a retrospective application of section 733.6171 which served to increase the estate . . . We agree with Williams College, however, that section 733.6171(7), Florida Statutes (1993), cannot be . . . The effective date of section 733.6171(7), Florida Statutes (1993), was October 1, 1993. . . .
. . . Sitomer’s award reasonable compensation under section 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993). . . . Sitomer requested compensation under section 733.6171, Florida Statutes, in the amount of $265,236.57 . . . In determining compensation, the trial court applied section 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993), entitled . . . parties, compensation for the personal representative can be determined in accordance with section 733.6171 . . .
. . . order entered by the probate division of the circuit court which declared unconstitutional section 733.6171 . . . He further contended that quantum meruit would be $8,800, calculated pursuant to section 733.6171,Florida . . . We reverse the order declaring section 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993), unconstitutional. . . . We do not view section 733.6171 as changing in any manner the rule stated in Rosenberg v. . . . Newly-enacted section 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993), took effect October 1, 1993. . . .
. . . The issue in this case is whether section 733.6171, Florida Statutes, enacted in 1993, controls the award . . . The trial court, applying section 733.6171, determined that a reasonable fee would be $116,676.10. . . .
. . . We agree with Garland that in light of sections 733.617 and 733.6171, Florida Statutes (1993), which . . . Although sections 733.617 and 733.6171 did not became effective until after the Locke estate was closed . . . expended, times a reasonable fee for his services and for the services of persons under his supervision. § 733.6171 . . .