CCP 3351.1
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CCP 3351.1
Art. 3351.1. Amount of compensation; limitation when serving as attorney, corporate officer, or managing partner
A. Unless expressly stated in the testament appointing the succession representative, if the succession representative, in discharging his duties as succession representative, is or becomes an officer of a corporation, in which the majority of outstanding shares were owned by the decedent at the time of his death, or is or becomes the managing partner of a partnership in which the decedent at the time of his death owned a majority interest, the succession representative shall not receive compensation both as a succession representative and as an officer of the corporation, or managing partner of the partnership; however, the compensation of a succession representative shall be reduced by the amount of compensation which he received and which was attributable to the performance of his duties as an officer of the corporation or managing partner of the partnership.
B. Unless expressly stated in the testament appointing the succession representative, if the succession representative serves as an attorney for the succession or for the succession representative, the succession representative shall not receive compensation both as a succession representative and as an attorney for the succession or for the succession representative; however, the compensation of a succession representative shall be reduced by the amount of compensation received and which was attributable to the performance of the duties as attorney for the succession or for the succession representatives.
C. The provisions of Paragraphs A and B of this Article limiting compensation received by a succession representative may be waived upon written approval by the heirs and legatees of the decedent owning a two-thirds interest in the succession.
D. Any compensation paid or due to a succession representative under the provisions of this Article shall not be paid unless approved by the court.
Added by Acts 1988, No. 548, §1; Acts 1992, No. 484, §1.