§ 907.Frivolous Appeal Or Appeal Taken For Delay

Appeals cost the opposing party time and money to defend, and they can also be used as a tactic to put off the day a judgment gets enforced. Section 907 gives the reviewing court a tool against both problems: when it appears the appeal was frivolous, or was taken solely for delay, the court may add damages to the costs awarded on appeal, in whatever amount seems just under the circumstances.

The standard is deliberately open — the statute doesn't fix a formula or a cap, leaving the amount to the reviewing court's judgment. This sanction operates alongside, not instead of, the ordinary award of costs to the prevailing party on appeal; it's an additional penalty reserved for appeals the court views as an abuse of the appellate process itself.