<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 15-6-11(e) - Appeal to Supreme Court--Award of attorneys' fees and costs on appeal. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2043462Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2043462SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043462CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2043462Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2043462DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043462000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043462SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043462SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2043462Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043462SENU">15-6-11(e). </span><span class="s2043462CL">Appeal to Supreme Court--Award of attorneys' fees and costs on appeal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043462Normal-000000"><span class="s2043462DefaultParagraphFont">The Supreme Court shall consider all appeals pursuant to §§ 15-6-11(a) through 15-6-11(d) without any presumption of the correctness of the trial court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs shall be awarded to the successful party on appeal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043462Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043462000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043462Normal"><span class="s2043462SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043462SCL-000002"> SL 2006, ch 283 (Supreme Court Rule 06-09), eff. July 1, 2006.</span></p></div></body></html>