Balawejder v. Balawejder

STROUD, Judge.

Witold Balawejder (“plaintiff’) appeals from the trial court’s orders modifying child custody, awarding permanent child support, and awarding attorney’s fees to Anita Balawejder (“defendant”). For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s order modifying child custody and awarding child support and vacate the trial court’s orders for attorney’s fees.

I. Background

Plaintiff and defendant were married on 17 January 1998 in Sweden and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2005. One child was born of the marriage on 26 September 2005. On 9 December 2008, plaintiff filed a…