Dickson, J.
This appeal challenges an award of attorney’s fees in a dissolution of marriage case by a family law arbitrator under the Family Law Arbitration Act. We affirm the fee award.
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When a trial court dissolution decree—or here, a family law arbitration award—is accompanied by findings of fact, “the court on appeal shall not set aside the findings or judgment unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court [or family law arbitrator] to judge the credibility of the witnesses.” Ind. Tr. Rule 52(A). In Quillen v. Quillen, we applied this “clearly erroneous” standard to the review of a trial court’s award of attorney’s fees in a dissolution of marriage proceeding. 671 N.E.2d 98, 102 (Ind. 1996). In reviewing findings of fact and conclusions of law, an appellate court applies “a two-tiered standard of review by first determining whether the evidence supports the findings and then whether the findings support the judgment.” Weigel v. Weigel, 24 N.E.3d 1007, 1010 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015), trans. not sought. In the present case, the husband’s challenge is based on the second prong— asserting that the findings do not support the judgment, that is, the family law arbitration award. In evaluating whether the findings support the judgment (or award), we will reverse “only upon a showing of ‘clear error’—that which leaves us with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.” Egly v. Blackford Cnty. Dep’t of Pub. Welfare, 592 N.E.2d 1232, 1235 (Ind. 1992). “[T]he reviewing court may affirm the judgment on any legal theory supported by the findings.” Mitchell v. Mitchell, 695 N.E.2d 920, 923 (Ind. 1998).
The husband challenges the arbitrator’s award requiring that he immediately reimburse $95,000 of the wife’s attorney’s fees. To support his general claim that the arbitration attorney fee award was against the logic and effect of the facts and circumstances of the case, the husband argues that in light of his share of the property division, it was impossible for him to pay the ordered fees, that the arbitrator’s rationale for the fee award was inconsistent with the wife’s income and the support and school expenses imposed on the husband, and that there was “no legitimate basis” for the “incredibly large” attorney fee award. Appellant’s Br. at 10.
Like a family law trial court, a family law arbitrator enjoys broad discretion in awarding attorney’s fees and may consider a variety of factors. [Footnotes omitted.] In addition, the trial court (or family law arbitrator) has the benefit of personally perceiving and weighing the testimony and determining witness credibility. Further, the trial judge (or family law arbitrator) “possesses personal expertise that he or she may use when determining reasonable attorney’s fees.” Mason v. Mason, 775 N.E.2d 706, 711 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002) (citing Bower v. Bower, 697 N.E.2d 110, 115 (Ind. Ct. App. 1998) trans. not sought), trans. denied.
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Conclusion
In the appellate review of an award under the Family Law Arbitration Act, the proper standard of review is not the narrow, highly deferential standard prescribed by the Uniform Arbitration Act but rather the same standard of appellate review that applies to trial court decisions in marriage dissolution cases with entered findings of fact and conclusions of law—the clearly erroneous standard prescribed by Indiana Trial Rule 52(A). In this case, the family law arbitrator’s award satisfies that standard. The husband has failed to establish that the award of attorney’s fees is not supported by the arbitrator’s findings. We are not persuaded to a firm conviction that a mistake has been made, which is required for clear error. The attorney’s fees award is not clearly erroneous and the judgment entering the arbitration award is hereby affirmed.
Rush, C.J., and Rucker, David, and Massa, JJ., concur.