MILLER, Judge.
The primary question on appeal is whether a party's express refusal to participate in the takedown costs of a civil trial precludes that party from later compelling the court reporter to transcribe the trial. Since the parties who paid the takedown costs objected to the transcription, we hold that the trial court did not err in refusing to order the transcription.
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