Opinion ID: 1702585
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: whether frank should be ordered to pay attorneys' fees incurred by helen to defend this appeal.

Text: ¶ 21. Helen requests that this Court order Frank to pay her attorney's fees for defending this appeal. In addressing Issue III concerning the award of attorney's fees to Helen at the trial level, we found that upon remand, the chancellor, in revisiting the issue of equitable distribution of the marital assets, would necessarily have to reconsider the award of attorney's fees to Helen. However, in asserting entitlement to attorney's fees incurred on appeal, we find from Helen only these bare statements contained in her brief on cross-appeal: Helen requests this Court to order Frank to pay her attorney's fees for defending this appeal ... Because of Frank's appeal of this case, Helen has incurred attorney's fees and expenses on appeal. Helen requests this Court to order Frank to pay her attorney's fees and expenses on appeal ... Frank should pay Helen's attorney's fees incurred in defending his appeal of this case. That's it. Helen has failed to cite any legal authority which supports her entitlement to attorney's fees for defending this appeal. Failure to cite any authority in support of an assignment of error precludes this Court from considering the issue on appeal. Grey v. Grey, 638 So.2d 488, 491 (Miss. 1994). In Grey, Mrs. Grey had assigned as error, inter alia, the chancellor's (1) finding that she had failed to establish the existence of a substantial asset; (2) division of the parties' marital assets concerning their business; and, (3) division of the parties' non-business marital assets. In addressing these assignments of error, we stated: [Mrs. Grey's] failure to cite any authority in support of the first three assignments of error precludes this Court from considering these issues on appeal. Matter of Estate of Mason v. Fort, 616 So.2d 322, 327 (Miss.1993), citing R.C. Petroleum, Inc. v. Hernandez, 555 So.2d 1017, 1023 (Miss.1990); Kelly v. State, 553 So.2d 517, 521 (Miss.1989), citing Brown v. State, 534 So.2d 1019, 1023 (Miss.1988), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1007, 109 S.Ct. 1643, 104 L.Ed.2d 158 (1989), Shive v. State, 507 So.2d 898 (Miss.1987), and Pate v. State, 419 So.2d 1324 (Miss. 1982). See also Turner v. Turner, 612 So.2d 1141, 1143 (Miss.1993). 638 So.2d at 491. Since we have previously held in Grey that issues such as the trial court's division of marital assets will not be considered on appeal when a party fails to cite authority in support of the issues, we certainly see no reason here to consider Helen's request for attorneys fees incurred on appeal inasmuch as she has chosen to cite no authority in support of this issue. Therefore, this issue is without merit.