Opinion ID: 874027
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Heading: Is the State Entitled to an Award of Attorney Fees Pursuant to Idaho Code Section 12-121?

Text: The State seeks an award of attorney fees pursuant to Idaho Code section 12-121. We will not award attorney fees on appeal under that statute unless we are left with the abiding belief that the appeal was brought, pursued, or defended frivolously, unreasonably or without foundation. Rudd v. Merritt, 138 Idaho 526, 533, 66 P.3d 230, 237 (2003). The entire appeal must have been brought or pursued frivolously, unreasonably, or without foundation. Id. Although it is close, we cannot say that the entire appeal was brought and pursued frivolously, unreasonably, or without foundation. Therefore, we will not award the State attorney fees.