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¶16 a divorce case involving division of property, we noted that failure to file an answering brief "constitutes a confession of reversible error," but cited Hoffman, et.

3 FLYNN v. FLYNN Opinion of the Court of justice dictate

Though this court could deem her failure an abandonment of her appeal, in the exercise of our discretion, we will address the merits of the issues raised on appeal, especially given the need to resolve what is in the best interests of the children.

In our discretion we decline to treat Mother’s failure as a concession of reversible error, and instead consider the merits of Father’s appeal to the extent he developed his arguments

In our discretion we decline to treat her failure as a concession of reversible error, and instead consider the merits of Father’s appeal

In our discretion we decline to treat Mother’s failure as a concession of reversible error, and instead consider the merits of Father’s appeal

deem the failure to file an answering brief a confession of error, ¶ 6 n.1 (App. 2008), we do not do so here, as we prefer to decide 4 MURRELL v. TAYLOR, et al. Decision of the Court cases on their merits when the interests of justice dictate

In our discretion we decline to treat Wife’s failure as a concession of reversible error, and instead consider the merits of Husband’s appeal

Co., (“Applying [the Jurek] principles to this case, we cannot say the trial court erred in finding that the attorney’s fees [the injured spouse] incurred in defending his separate property are themselves separate property.”); (“[P]ersonal injury recoveries are the separate property of the injured spouse except insofar as the recovery is for lost wages and expenses for hospital and medical care incurred during the marriage.” (citing Jurek, 124 Ariz. at 598)).