McMahan v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement

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• holding that “the State was given every opportunity to argue to the trial court that its position was substantially justified, and chose instead to waive that opportunity, by failing to appear at the May 15, 1997 hearing on plaintiffs’ fee application”
• noting that, in a court-tried case, for an issue to be preserved, it must be brought to the trial court's attention in some way, including by post-trial motion
• the court must state in writing its findings regarding whether the position of the State was “substantially justified,” and a concise but clear explanation of the reasons for those findings and conclusions

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