Scott v. McLaughlin

Sognier, Judge.

Jim Lee Scott filed this direct appeal from the order of the Fulton County Probate Court awarding attorney fees to Michael McLaughlin and others in a case arising from an untimely caveat filed by Scott to the probate of the will of Nellie Gilbert Sprayberry, to whose estate Scott’s fiancee’s minor daughter was a possible heir.

1. As appellant acknowledges in his brief, OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (10) provides that “[a]ppeals from awards of attorney’s fees or expenses of litigation under Code Section 9-15-14” must be taken by application for leave to appeal. Because appellant failed to…