The clerk of superior court may exercise discretion to allow counsel fees to an attorney serving as a fiduciary or trustee (in addition to the compensation allowed to the attorney as a fiduciary or trustee) where the attorney, on behalf of the trust or fiduciary relationship, renders professional services as an attorney that are different from the services normally performed by a fiduciary or trustee and of a type which would reasonably justify the retention of legal counsel by a fiduciary or trustee who is not licensed to practice law.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32-61
Counsel fees allowable to attorneys serving as fiduciaries
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 208 N.C. App. 212 - In Re the Foreclosure of the Deed of Trust of Vogler Realty, Inc. (2010)
Most recently applied in 208 N.C. App. 212 - In Re the Foreclosure of the Deed of Trust of Vogler Realty, Inc. (December 2010)
2004-139, s. 2.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.