[brief] TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................... i TABLE OF JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND RULINGS BEING ASKED TO BE UPHeld BY PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT .......................................................... iii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................................................................................... iv PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ................................................................................................. 1 PROCEDURAL HISTORY ....................................................................................................... 2 A. Background of the Case ................................................................................................. 2 STATEMENT OF FACTS ....................................................................................................... 5 A. Overview ...................................................................................................................... 5 B. Material Events ............................................................................................................. 5 LEGAL ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................... 7 POINT I THE TRIAL COURT’S DECISION ON AUGUST 31, 2022, REGARDING THE AWARD OF LEGAL FEES AND COSTS CANNOT BE SUBJECTED TO APPEAL DUE TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE APPEAL DEADLINE AS OUTLINED IN R. 2:4-1(A) OF THE NEW JERSEY RULES OF COURT, PURSUANT TO THIS RULE, APPEALS IN CIVIL ACTIONS MUST BE FILED WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE ENTRY OF THE JUDGMENT OR ORDER APPEALED FROM.  (Order Denying Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Application for an Award of Legal Fees and Ordering Plaintiff to be Reimbursed in the amount of $1,049,589.14, filed August 31, 2022, Da271)  ........................................  7  A.  Following the Order Denying Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Application for an Award of Legal Fees and Ordering Plaintiff to be Reimbursed in the amount of $1,049,589.14, filed August 31, 2022, Da271 .........................................................  7  B.  Expiration of Appeal Deadline Contrasted with Defendant’s Arguments ...........................................................................  8  C.  Defendant asserts he will not file any objection to the Administrator's Forensic Report ..................................................  8  D.  Abuse of Process and Delay Tactics ............................................. 10  E.  Legal Precedent and Finality of Judgments  ..................................  11  POINT II  THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ERR IN DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S LEGAL FEE CLAIMED BASED ON ALLEGED NON-COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS AND EQUITABLE REQUIREMENTS UNDER R. 4:42(9)(a)(2)  (Trial Court Order and Opinion dated August 31, 2022, Da271)  ......................................................  12  A.  The Trial Court’s denial of the Defendant’s Motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s legal fee claim was not erroneous ..................................  12  CONCLUSION ..................................................................................  15  TABLE OF JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND RULINGS ASKED TO BE UPHELD BY PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT  Order