A red flag. conflicts should not be settled at the passing of accounts.

 When a lawyer says "conflicts can be resolved at the passing of accounts," what they are really doing is: (1) protecting their client (the conflicted administrator), (2) protecting their own billing stream, and (3) ignoring their duty to due process and the court.  These responses are a red flag. Conflicts must be addressed immediately, not at the end of administration.  By waiting until the end of the administration, it can be assured that rushed last-minute extraneous legal fees will be added without time to vet them properly. The beneficiaries just want the probate over with and are willing to let such behaviour succeed, provided they even know they have been blindsided.