Olaimey v. Turk

The majority of the court has today ordered the appellant to pay appellee the sum of $1,025.00 for the services rendered by her attorney in the appeal of this case. I dissent for two reasons.

First, I dissent because appellee’s motion contains no statement of authority in support of her request for attorney’s fee, and makes no attempt to state any reason why the request should be granted. In Bailey v. Montgomery, 31 Ark. App. 1, 786 S.W.2d 594 (1990), this court stated: “As a general rule, attorney’s fees are not allowed in Arkansas unless expressly authorized by statute.” We cited the…