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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="7-603" title_number="7" title_name="Administration of the Estate" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Compensation and Expenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A personal representative or person nominated as personal representative who defends or prosecutes a proceeding in good faith and with just cause shall be entitled to receive necessary expenses and disbursements from the estate regardless of the outcome of the proceeding.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, in addition to the compensation provided for in this subtitle, a personal representative is entitled to reasonable commissions or attorney’s fees, as determined by the court, in connection with an election by a surviving spouse to take an elective share under § 3–403 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of compensation or attorney’s fees consented to by all interested persons is presumed to be reasonable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
