IN RE ESTATE OF TUCCI

No. 9021SC1010.

408 S.E.2d 859 (1991)

104 N.C. App. 142

In re ESTATE OF Shirley Allred TUCCI.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Michael E. Ray and Kurt C. Stakeman, Winston-Salem, for appellant-estate.

A. Wayland Cooke and Michael C. Landreth, Greensboro, have filed a brief in response to the estate's appeal.


WYNN, Judge.

Appellant, the Estate of Shirley Allred Tucci ("Estate"), appeals from an order of the Forsyth County Superior Court taxing the Estate with the payment of attorney's fees, as part of the costs incurred in an unsuccessful attempt by James Michael Tucci ("Tucci") to dissent from the will of his wife, Shirley Allred Tucci.

On 25 May 1990, following his unsuccessful bid to dissent, Tucci filed a petition pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. § 6-21(2) requesting...

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