Dawes Agency, Inc. v. American Property Mortgage, Inc

In Dawes Agency, Inc. v. American Property Mortgage, Inc., 804 P.2d 255 (Colo. App. 1990) the Court held that a notice of appeal challenging an award of attorney fees for assertion of a frivolous claim made subsequent to a decision on the merits must be filed within 45 days after the trial court's ruling on the request for fees. The Dawes court also held that a notice of appeal challenging the trial court's decision on the merits would not be treated as a valid premature notice of appeal because the ruling on attorney fees had not even been made at the time the notice was filed.