Opinion ID: 4194545
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Heading: The propriety of fees on review

Text: ¶23 We agree with the court of appeals that the trial court properly awarded attorney fees to the Wunderlichs. The parties’ contract requires a fee award to the successful party on a claim “to enforce any term or provision.” Section 12-341.01(A), a discretionary fee provision, does not alter the parties’ mandatory fee provision. See A.R.S. § 12-341.01(A) (stating that the provision “shall not be construed as altering, prohibiting or restricting present or future contracts . . . that may provide for attorney fees”). As we have stated, the Implied Warranty is a term of the contract. As the successful party in the claim to enforce the Warranty, the Wunderlichs were entitled to their reasonable attorney fees. The trial court did not err in awarding them fees.