Opinion ID: 1870865
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Alleged Bias of the Circuit Court

Text: Davis asserts that evidence of alleged bias of the circuit court in deciding child support, arrearage, and other issues, is relevant to show bias later in the decision on attorney's fees. We are told at the beginning of Davis's brief that appellant submits that she will demonstrate the biased mind-set of the court in the case in chief, which also shows the likelihood there would have been success on the merits. Later we are told, Taken as a whole the court appeared to be an adversary of the appellant and her Orders concluding this case reflect that. Davis thus argues that a showing of bias in the case prior to filing a motion for attorney's fees is relevant to show bias and an abuse of discretion in the decision on the fees. Davis argues that the alleged bias in the case in chief is relevant to show an abuse of discretion. Relevant evidence is evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Ark. R. Evid. 401; Barnes v. Everett, 351 Ark. 479, 95 S.W.3d 740 (2003). We have considered every allegation of bias argued by Davis and include by way of example several of Davis's assertions.