ESTATE OF DERZON

Appeal No. 2016AP1328.

908 N.W.2d 471 (2018)

2018 WI App 10

In re the ESTATE OF Rebecca R. DERZON: Lori Laatsch, Appellant, v. Alan Derzon, Sydney Johnson and Marina Johnson, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Filed January 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Kent A. Tess-Mattner and Amy Hetzner of Schmidt, Rupke, Tess-Mattner & Fox, S.C., Brookfield.

On behalf of the respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jack G. Wisniewski and Kevin J. Demet , Milwaukee.

Before Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.


¶ 1 Lori Laatsch appeals an order surcharging her based on actions she took as personal representative of Rebecca Derzon's estate (the Estate) and as the trustee of a related trust. The circuit court concluded Laatsch had acted in "extreme bad faith" in those roles, and it therefore ordered her to pay $1,235,954.20 in attorney fees...

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