NRS150.065. Attorneys for personal representatives: Allowance of compensation after period for creditors to file claims against estate.

      1.  At any time after the expiration of the period for creditors of the estate to file their claims in a summary or full administration pursuant to NRS 145.060 or 147.040, as applicable, a personal representative or an attorney for a personal representative may file a petition with the court for an allowance upon the compensation of the attorney for the personal representative.

      2.  The clerk shall set the petition for hearing and the petitioner shall give notice of the petition to the personal representative if he or she is not the petitioner and to all known heirs in an intestacy proceeding and devisees in a will proceeding. The notice must be given for the period and in the manner provided in NRS 155.010. If a complete copy of the petition is not attached to the notice, the notice must include a statement of the amount of the compensation which the court will be requested to approve or allow and the manner in which the compensation was determined.

      3.  On the hearing, the court may enter an order allowing the portion of the compensation of the attorney for the personal representative for such services rendered up to that time as the court deems proper. The order must authorize the personal representative to charge against the estate the amount of compensation allowed by the court pursuant to this subsection.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 1630; A 2011, 1458)