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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="7-604" title_number="7" title_name="Administration of the Estate" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Compensation and Expenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The personal representative may pay commissions to personal representatives under § 7–601 of this subtitle, and attorney’s fees under § 7–602 of this subtitle without court approval if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Each creditor, who has filed a claim that is still open, and all interested persons consent in writing to the payment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The combined sum of the payments of commissions and attorney’s fees does not exceed the amounts provided in § 7–601 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The signed written consent form states the amounts of the payments and is filed with the register of wills; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Unless the consent form is filed simultaneously with the final administration account or final report under a modified administration, each payment consented to is for services rendered by the attorney or personal representative prior to the date of the consent; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The fee is paid to an attorney representing the estate in litigation under a contingency fee agreement signed by the decedent or the current personal representative of the decedent’s estate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The fee does not exceed the terms of the contingency fee agreement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A copy of the contingency fee agreement is on file with the register of wills; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The attorney files a statement with each account stating that the scope of the representation by the attorney does not extend to the administration of the estate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When rendering accounts, the personal representative shall designate any payment made under this section as an expense.</text>
  </level>
</section>
