Rollins v. Rollins

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Aletha Rollins and James Lee Silliman appeal the trial court’s award of $24,000 in attorney’s fees to their brother, appellee V. Benton Rollins, who served with them as co-executors of their mother’s estate and also as attorney for the estate. On appeal, Aletha and James assert that the $24,000 attorney’s fee award was excessive. We affirm.

V. Benton Rollins filed a petition to admit the Last Will and Testament of his mother, Carrie L. Silliman. The will was admitted to probate on October 2, 1997, and Benton along with his siblings, Aletha and James, were appointed…