By: Derek Hawkins//December 10, 2019//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: Faith A. Lowell v. Patricia Hammarback
Case No.: 2018AP1703
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Estate – Attorney Fees
Faith Ann Lowell, pro se, appeals the judgment closing the probate estate of her mother, Faith Miriam Lowell. Faith Ann argues the circuit court erred by: (1) awarding $8500 in attorney’s fees to counsel for the estate; (2) concluding that the personal representative of the estate, Patricia Hammarback (Faith Ann’s sister), and counsel for the estate did not engage in various forms of misconduct; (3) allowing an online auction for the sale of artwork belonging to the estate and allowing Patricia to personally bid on that artwork; and (4) delaying in making various determinations related to certain real property located in Minnesota that was improperly included in the initial estate inventory. We reject Faith Ann’s arguments and affirm.