Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Georgia has no statutory percentage fee schedule for the probate attorney’s own fee. Under O.C.G.A. section 53-7-6(4), the personal representative may retain counsel, and either the representative or the attorney can petition the probate court for a judgment fixing the attorney’s fees and expenses on a reasonable-compensation basis, not a percentage table.
Attorney’s fees are court-fixed, not scheduled
To provide competent legal counsel for the estate according to the needs of the estate and, in such cases, either the personal representative or the attorney employed may, by petition to the probate court and citation served on the other, obtain a judgment fixing the attorney’s fees and expenses.
Source: O.C.G.A. section 53-7-6(4)
This is a procedural mechanism, a petition and citation resulting in a court judgment, not a percentage-brackets table, so there is no Georgia equivalent to Florida’s or Nevada’s estate-value schedule for the probate attorney.
The executor’s own commission is scheduled separately
2 1/2 percent commission on all sums of money received by the personal representative on account of the estate; 2 1/2 percent commission on all sums paid out by the personal representative, either for debts, legacies, or distributive shares.
Source: O.C.G.A. section 53-6-60(a)
Georgia does schedule the personal representative’s own commission by percentage, 2.5 percent coming in and 2.5 percent going out, plus 10 percent on interest earned and up to 3 percent for delivering property in kind, but this is the executor’s charge, not the attorney’s, and applies only absent a will or written agreement setting a different amount.
Two separate bills, one reasonable and one scheduled
A Georgia estate accounting can show the section 53-6-60 executor commission on one line and a section 53-7-6 court-fixed attorney fee on another. Georgia has no statutory disclosure requirement comparable to Florida’s mandated written notice that the fee is negotiable, because there is no default percentage fee for the attorney to negotiate away from.
The executor’s commission is a different charge
The personal representative’s commission is set by a percentage schedule under O.C.G.A. section 53-6-60, 2.5 percent of money received, 2.5 percent of money paid out, 10 percent of interest earned, up to 3 percent for in-kind property delivered, a separate charge from the attorney’s court-fixed fee under section 53-7-6.
How the fee models compare across all 51 jurisdictions: probate cost by state, and the national picture on what a probate attorney costs.
Statutory text read at each state’s own legislature or official code publisher. General information, not legal advice; fee statutes change and a court retains the final say on what is reasonable.
The attorney fee above is separate from what the court itself charges just to open the case, see the Georgia probate filing fee.