Senate Bill No. 111--Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to the estates of decedents; revising the 
       provisions governing notice of a hearing to determine 
       attorney's fees requested for the administration of the 
       estate of a decedent; and providing other matters properly 
       relating thereto.

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE
              AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  Section 1.  NRS 150.060 is hereby amended to 
read as follows:
  150.060  1.  Attorneys for executors, administrators and 
special administrators are entitled to reasonable 
compensation for their services, to be paid out of the 
decedent's estate. The amount must be fixed by agreement 
between the executor, administrator or special administrator 
and the attorney, subject to approval by the court, after 
application, notice and hearing, as provided in subsection 
2. If the executor, administrator or special administrator 
and the attorney fail to reach agreement, or if the attorney 
is also the executor, administrator or special administrator 
\,\\ the amount must be determined and allowed by 
the court. The application must contain specific and 
detailed information supporting the entitlement to 
compensation, including:
  (a) Reference to time and hours;
  (b) [Nature] \The nature\\ and extent of services 
rendered;
  (c) Claimed ordinary and extraordinary services;
  (d) [Complexity] \The complexity\\ of the work 
required; and
  (e) Other information considered to be relevant to a 
determination of entitlement.
  2.  The applicant shall give notice of his application and 
the hearing thereof to the executor, administrator or 
special administrator if he is not the applicant and to all 
known heirs, devisees and legatees. The notice must be sent 
by registered or certified mail at least 10 days before the 
hearing. [The] \If a complete copy of the application 
is not attached to the notice, the\\ notice must include 
a statement of the amount of the fee which the court will be 
requested to approve or allow.
  3.  On similar application, notice and hearing, the court 
may make an allowance to an attorney for services rendered 
up to a certain time during the proceedings.
  4.  Any heir, devisee or legatee may file objections to an 
application made pursuant to this section, and the 
objections must be considered at the hearing.
  5.  [Attorneys for minors,] \Except as otherwise 
provided in this subsection, an attorney for minor,\\ 
absent or nonresident heirs [are] \is\\ entitled to 
compensation primarily out of the estate of the distributee 
so represented by him in those cases and to such extent as 
may be determined by the court \.\\ [, but if] 
\If\\ the court finds that all or any part of the 
services performed by the attorney for the [minors,] 
\minor,\\ absent or nonresident heirs were of value 
to the decedent's entire estate as such and not of value 
only to the [minors,] \minor,\\ absent or 
nonresident heirs, [then] the court shall order that all or 
part of the attorney's fee be paid to the attorney out of 
the funds of the decedent's entire estate as a general 
administration expense of the estate. The amount of these 
fees must be determined in the same manner as the other 
attorney's fees provided for in this section.

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