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Relief may be granted only if “the movant can show ‘extraordinary circumstances of hardship or injustice justifying relief.’” Skydive Ariz., ¶¶ 25–27 (App. 2015) (emphasis added) (citation omitted) (finding an exceptional circumstance where a case was placed on the inactive calendar until one of the litigants finished his military service, but after a change of judge the litigant was ordered to participate while he was still on active duty).

We review a court's award of attorney fees and costs for an abuse of discretion, Skydive Ariz., ¶ 50 (App. 2015), "and will affirm unless there is no reasonable basis for the award," Hawk v. PC Vill.

from a final judgment, order, or proceeding” based on “newly discovered evidence that, with reasonable diligence, could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial.” The superior court enjoys broad discretion in deciding whether to grant relief from a judgment or order under Rule 60(b), Skydive Ariz., ¶ 24 (App. 2015), and this Court reviews its decision for an abuse of that discretion, ¶ 12 (App. 2014).

Skydive Ariz., ¶ 50 (App. 2015).

See Skydive Ariz., ¶ 40 (App. 2015).

See Skydive Ariz., ¶ 40 (App. 2015) (noting that when the terms of an agreement are clear and unambiguous, the superior court must give effect to them as written).

¶¶ 8-9 (2003); Skydive Ariz., (“[D]ecisions of the Ninth Circuit, although persuasive, are not binding on Arizona courts.”).

See Skydive Arizona, ¶ 50 (App. 2015).

Under Rule 60(b)(6), the superior court can grant relief for reasons other than those explicitly enumerated in Rule 60(b), but only when the public policy for finality of judgments “must give way in extraordinary circumstances.” see also Skydive Ariz., ¶¶ 26–27 (App. 2015) (finding “extraordinary circumstances” applied to a member of the military who failed to respond to the court because he was on active-duty training out-of-state).

¶10 Petitioner also misinterprets Rule 60(b)(6), which enables the probate court to relieve a party from a final judgment “for any reason justifying relief, provided that the [party] can show extraordinary circumstances of hardship or injustice justifying relief.” Skydive Ariz., ¶ 25 (App. 2015) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).

“Prejudice ‘will not be presumed but must affirmatively appear from the record.’” Skydive Ariz., ¶ 37 (App. 2015) (quoting Walters v. First Fed.

See Rule 85(b)(6) (providing that the court may order relief from judgment for “any other reason justifying relief”); Skydive Ariz., ¶ 25 (App. 2015) (providing that relief under a catch-all provision of the analogous civil rule is available when other provisions do not apply and, under the totality of the facts, “extraordinary circumstances of hardship or injustice justifying relief” exist (citation omitted))

Skydive Ariz., ¶ 52 (App. 2015).

See Skydive Ariz., ¶ 24 (App. 2015).

¶21 “A trial court enjoys broad discretion in deciding whether to set aside judgments under Rule 60([b]).” Skydive Ariz., ¶ 24 (App. 2015).

Woodbridge Structured Funding, ¶ 21 (App. 2014); Skydive Ariz., ¶ 24 (App. 2015).

Skydive Ariz., ¶ 25 (App. 2015) (quoting Hilgeman v. Am.

Skydive Ariz., ¶ 25 (App. 2015).

See Skydive Ariz., ¶ 40 (App. 2015) (“When the terms of a contract are clear and unambiguous, the trial court gives effect to it as written.”).

§ 12-341.01, we do not reach the issues related to sections 8 and 26, but focus merely on the application of § 12-341.01.6 See Bennett Blum, M.D., ¶ 5 (App. 2014) (attorney’s fees award will be affirmed “if it was appropriate under any of the authorities relied upon by the proponent”); see also Skydive Ariz., ¶ 50 (App. 2015) (appellate court upholds the superior court’s ruling “if it has ‘any reasonable basis’”).

§ 12-341.01 (the superior court has broad discretion in determining the amount of the fee, but it “may not exceed the amount paid or agreed to be paid.”).5 We “will uphold the court’s ruling if it has any reasonable basis.” Skydive Ariz., ¶ 50 (App. 2015) (quotation omitted).

See Skydive Arizona, n.2 (App. 2015) (“During oral argument, the parties raised arguments not in their briefs.