OWENSBY v. OWENSBY

No. 320A84.

322 S.E.2d 772 (1984)

Ernest Earl OWENSBY v. Elizabeth Upton OWENSBY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamrick, Mauney, Flowers, Martin & Deaton by Fred A. Flowers, Shelby, for plaintiff-appellant.

Murchison, Guthrie & Davis by Dennis L. Guthrie and K. Neal Davis, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented for our review in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in its award of a total of $6,750 in attorneys' fees to defendant's attorneys for legal services rendered on her behalf. Without ruling upon the reasonableness of the award, we remand the case to the trial court for further findings of fact.

The purpose of allowing counsel fees for a dependent spouse in a divorce and alimony action...

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