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Old 03-26-2025, 07:47 PM
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Note that my mother's estate was in Maryland, not Florida. But based on that schedule, the reasonable fee would have been $4,500 for a task that took me less than one hour to accomplish. I assume that the statute only becomes relevant when someone disputes the legal services fee.
WOW! $4500 for an hour of work! If you work just 8 hours a week, you make $36,000 a week! You only have to work 13 eight hour weeks a year to make $500,000.