McKinney v. McKinney

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where our prior opinion directed the trial court to award fees for the time that an expert witness actually spent testifying in court, but not for time spent preparing for trial, the trial court erred in awarding additional *301fees based upon the time that the expert spent waiting in court. The trial court did not err in awarding attorney’s fees to plaintiff for the first appeal in a case involving child support and custody.

I.Factual and Procedural Background

The underlying facts of this case can be found in our previous decision on this matter, McKinney v. McKinney,_N.C. App._,…