Reasonable attorney fees may be awarded out of the estate to the prevailing party in all appealable contested matters, to an unsuccessful proponent of a will if the unsuccessful proponent is named in the will to act as personal representative and propounded the document in good faith, and to the unsuccessful contestant of a will if the unsuccessful contestant is named to act as personal representative in another document propounded by the unsuccessful contestant in good faith as the last will of the decedent.
Wis. Stat. § 879.37
Attorney fees in contests
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Swietlik v. United States (1985)
Most recently applied in 378 Wis. 2d 75 - Troy v. Johnson (August 2017)
1993 a. 486; 2001 a. 102
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