Show Idaho Adopts Modern J Probate Law Reform Last year the Idaho legisla-re adopted a modern reform law-a beacon which should guide PROBATE cases consuming that da ho finally Alaska Has followed It appears nat Penn- sylvania and Washington are likely to be The Idaho reform law is simple and inexpensive to All the work can be performed by a lawyer in one Under the old fixed-fee system a estate case even settled in a day cost a client THIS WAS such an obvious overcharge the Idaho Bar Association rescinded its fixed fee rule for probate cases and now allows lawyers to charge an hourly fee fee systems are under court attack and may soon be One University of Idaho Law School professor has estimated the cost of settling a estate under the new system When costs in Idaho system are compared with costs in other the contrast is TO SETTLE a the Idaho cost is likely to be less than But in for the cost would be under that state's fixed-fee plus an additional if the attorney were also the Professor William Well man of the University of Michigan Law who helped draft the Idaho reform admits reform efforts will encounter entrenched opposition in many where lawyers and probate judges have vested as do bonding HE URGES all interested citizens to let their state legislators know they want new reform code enacted in their state |