Mealey's (May 9, 2022, 5:13 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — A Texas appeals court on April 26 affirmed a trial court judgment granting probate, denying an attorney ad litem’s motion for sanctions and determining that $1,600 was reasonable attorney fees in an heirship determination, finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion because the attorney ad litem did not meet the burden of showing her right to relief in seeking sanctions and the “lodestar calculation” of the hours spent investigating unknown heirs “could have been $1000” instead of the $1,600 awarded....