The personal representative or executor of the Will does not pay the legal fees. Legal fees are paid out of the estate and are collected at the end of probate. The amount of attorney fees is set by California law.
Attorney fees for probate administration are set by California Law based on the value of the estate.
(1) Four percent on the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(2) Three percent on the next one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(3) Two percent on the next eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000).
(4) One percent on the next nine million dollars ($9,000,000).
(5) One-half of 1 percent on the next fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
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