Opinion ID: 2639255
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Heading: Respondent's claim for attorney fees.

Text: Respondent has requested an award of attorney fees in her reply brief, citing I.A.R. 35(a)(5). That rule relates to a request for attorney fees by an appellant. The correlative rule applicable to a respondent is I.A.R. 35(b)(5). This rule provides that [i]f the respondent is claiming attorney fees on appeal the respondent must so indicate in the division of additional issues on appeal that respondent is claiming attorney fees and state the basis for the claim. (Emphasis supplied.) Here, the respondent has not stated the basis for the claim for an award of attorney fees nor has she presented any argument supported by citation of authority that would allow the award to be made. See Weaver v. Searle Bros., 129 Idaho 497, 927 P.2d 887 (1996). Accordingly, the respondent's request for an award of attorneys fees is denied.