HENNESSEY v. DUCKWORTH

No. COA13-629.

752 S.E.2d 194 (2013)

Margaret Helena HENNESSEY, (formerly Duckworth), Plaintiff, v. Thomas Meredith DUCKWORTH, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, Deese, Nance, Briggs & Hardin, LLP, by Victoria Gillispie Hardin , Fayetteville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ferrier Law, P.L.L.C., Jacksonville by Kimberly M. Ferrier , for defendant-appellant.


STROUD, Judge.

Thomas Duckworth ("defendant") appeals from an order entered 31 December 2012 awarding his former wife, Margaret Hennessey ("plaintiff"), attorney's fees. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

Plaintiff and defendant were married in January 2006, separated in June 2009, and later divorced. The parties have one minor child, born December 2005.

On or about 21 August 2009, plaintiff and defendant entered into a separation...

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