Anderson v. McDonough

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

William Anderson appeals a final order requiring him to pay $51,897.00 in attorney’s fees and $10,007.69 in costs to his mother’s estate following Anderson’s unsuccessful will contest. We reverse the fee award because it was not supported by the law or evidence. We also reverse the costs award but remand for it to be recalculated.

Anderson’s mother excluded his brothers and him from her will, leaving everything to their aunt. Anderson brought suit challenging the will on several grounds. The circuit court upheld the will in a judgment that we have affirmed in a separate…