Bullard v. Hoffman (In re Admin. of the Mayette E. Hoffman Living Trust)

ARROWOOD, Judge.

*255James Hoffman ("respondent") appeals from an order entered in Guilford County Superior Court denying his appeal from the Guilford County Clerk of Superior Court's award of attorneys' fees in favor of Kimberli Hoffman Bullard ("petitioner"). For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

This appeal of an attorneys' fees award arises out of a special proceeding between petitioner and respondent in their roles as co-trustees of a trust, the primary asset of which is a residence located at 4423 Oakcliffe Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. Petitioner and respondent became…