Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.706 · Chapter 15. Compensation of Personal Representatives and Attorneys
Compensation when personal representative is an attorney
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Personal representative's compensation only
Notwithstanding the provisions of the decedent's will, a personal representative who is an attorney may receive the personal representative's compensation but may not receive compensation for legal services as the attorney for the personal representative unless the court approves the right to compensation for legal services in advance and finds the arrangement is to the advantage, benefit, and best interest of the decedent's estate.
(b) Agreement not to participate in compensation
A law firm of which the personal representative is a partner or shareholder may request compensation for legal services in addition to the personal representative's compensation if a written agreement not to participate in each other's compensation, signed by the personal representative and by authorized representatives of the law firm, has been filed in the estate proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 7.706 adopted effective January 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/seven/rule7_706
- Text hash
- sha256 2844a99cca3f8a32d8c0309af3dcfed56485d97f6f858faaaac20d9667120272
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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