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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF EATON

No. 2011-171.

42 A.3d 799 (2012)

163 N.H. 386

In re GUARDIANSHIP OF Mary Louise EATON.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: March 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laboe Associates, PLLC, of Concord (Kerri S. Glover on the brief), for the petitioner.

Bradley & Faulkner, P.C., of Keene (Gary J. Kinyon on the brief), for the respondent.

Tropiano Law Office, of Derry (Lisa J. Bellanti on the memorandum of law), for the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, as amicus curiae.

CONBOY, J.

The petitioner, Daniel Eaton, appeals the denial of his motion for payment of legal fees, arguing that the Cheshire County Probate Court (Hampe, J.) erred in finding that the imposition of a guardianship does not require the proposed ward to pay a good-faith petitioner's attorney's fees pursuant to RSA 464-A:43 (2004). We affirm.

The pertinent facts are drawn from the record. In March 2010, Dean Eaton (Dean), the petitioner's brother, filed...

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