In Re the Estate of Johnson

STROUD, Judge.

Propounder appeals from a trial court’s order imposing discovery sanctions pursuant to Rule 37. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

On 30 September 2007, Frances Faison Johnson (“decedent”), a resident of Sampson County died, survived by her two children Mary Lily Johnson Nuckolls (“caveator”) and Jefferson Deems Johnson, III (“propounder Jefferson”) On 23 August 1991, decedent executed a “Last Will and Testament[.]” On or about 17 November 1994, decedent executed a handwritten codicil to this will. On or about 4 October 2007, propounder Jefferson presented to the…