If any personal representative or person nominated as a personal representative defends or prosecutes any proceeding in good faith, whether successful or not, he is entitled to receive from the estate his necessary expenses and disbursements including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred.
§ 45-3-720 NMSA 1978
Expenses in estate litigation
Known as the Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act
The act spans §§ 45–45 (144 sections).
1953 Comp., § 32A-3-720, enacted by Laws 1976 (S.S.), ch. 37, § 11; repealed and reenacted by Laws 1995, ch. 210, § 39.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.