Opinion ID: 1652271
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Heading: the chancery court erred in ordering jackie ray robison to pay five hundred dollars in attorney's fees for nancy faye robison.

Text: ¶ 14. Jackie complains that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding Nancy $500 in attorney's fees, because Nancy failed to present any evidence of her inability to pay or the computation of her attorney's expenses. The determination of an award for attorney's fees is within the sound discretion of the trial court. McKee v. McKee, 418 So.2d 764, 767 (Miss.1982). An award of attorney's fees is appropriate in a divorce case where the requesting party establishes an inability to pay. Gambrell v. Gambrell, 650 So.2d 517, 521 (Miss.1995). At trial, Nancy testified that she had to borrow money to pay $1,575 in legal fees to cover the expenses associated with multiple court visits, filings, discovery, and approximately fifteen meetings with her attorney. Nancy's testimony regarding her legal expenses, her attorney's efforts as of trial, and her having to borrow money to pay her attorney were sufficient to support the award of attorney's fees in this case.