Commonwealth v. Coleman

CLAYTON, Judge.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from an order of the Warren Circuit Court awarding $2,267.48 in attorney’s fees as costs against the Commonwealth. The issue we are now presented is whether the circuit court is authorized to award these fees under KRS 453.010(1) in the absence of a separate statute providing for their award.

*756The underlying facts giving rise to this appeal are not overly complex, nor in dispute. The appellee attorneys were, with the exception of appellee/cross-appellant Chimera, appointed by the trial court to act as guardians ad litem in an…