Source: http://alabamaappellatewatch.com/?cat=9
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 15:51:56+00:00

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Because a second-filed postjudgment motion does not toll the time for filing a notice of appeal, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals dismissed the appeal in C & D Logging v. Willie Mobley, No. 2080659, released November 20th.
In RJG v. SSW, [Ms. 2080509] (Ala. Civ. App. Aug. 21, 2009), the Court of Civil Appeals dismissed a portion of a father’s appeal in a parental rights action as untimely. On November 6, 2009, the Court of Civil Appeals issued a new opinion of rehearing again dismissing the appeal, explaining that the appeal was not made timely by the fact that the underlying case was part of an action that had been consolidated. RJG v. SSW, [Ms. 2080509] (Ala. Civ. App. Nov. 6, 2009).
In R.J.G. v. S.S.W., [Ms. 2080509] (Ala. Civ. App. Aug. 21, 2009), a portion of a father’s appeal was dismissed as untimely as a result of the short deadlines for appeals from a juvenile court. Unlike in Circuit Court, post-judgment motions in a juvenile court must be filed within 14 days of the entry of the order. Ala. R. Juv. P. 1(B). And, a post-judgment motion in a juvenile court will be denied by operation of law after 14 days, Ala. R. Juv. P. 1(B), as opposed to 90 days under Ala. R. Civ. P. 59.1. Finally, appeals from a juvenile court must be made within 14 days of the entry of judgment or denial of the post-judgment motions. Ala. R. App. P. 4(a)(3). The father did not appeal within 14 days after the post-judgment motion was denied by operation of law, so, the appeal in one of the two cases at issue in the opinion was denied as untimely.
The defendant filed his notice of appeal more than a year after the filing deadline. His appeal was dismissed for want of appellate jurisdiction. Bedgood v. McConico, No. 2080060 (Ala. Civ. App. July 10, 2009).
Posted in property sale, sale and division, Timeliness	| Tagged "property sale" "sale and division"
Following the entry of final judgment in a wrongful death action, the defendant filed two post-judgment motions, neither of which suspended the 42 day period for filing a notice of appeal. ARAP 4(a). The Rule 62 motion to stay in which the defendant requested time to consider filing a Rule 59 motion did not satisfy the requirements of ARAP 4(a)(3). Although the Court, “looks to the essence of a motion, not necessarily to its title, to determine how the motion is to be considered under the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure . . ., [c]onsistent with Rule 4(a)(3), Ala. R. App. P., the Committee Comments on 1973 Adoption of Rule 62 plainly state that the stay provided for in the rule ‘does not affect appealability of the judgment nor prevent the time for appeal from running.’” Graves v. Golthy, No. 1070422 (Ala. April 17, 2009).
In Dulaney v. Dulaney, released last week by the Court of Civil Appeals, the court held that the mother’s notice of appeal was untimely filed even though the trial court failed to enter the order into SJIS and she did not otherwise have notice of it.
A homeowner filed a notice of appeal that was not on the Form 1 contained in the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. Moreover, she mistakenly filed her notice in the county’s district rather than circuit court. However, her notice contained all the information required by law, and the district and circuit courts shared the same clerk. Her notice thus effected a timely appeal. Whorton v. Bruce, No. 2070501 (Ala. Civ. App. Feb. 20, 2009).
Posted in Appellate Jurisdiction, ARAP-1, notice of appeal, Rule 3(c), Timeliness, timely	| Tagged timely timeliness "notice of appeal" ARAP-1 "Rule 3(c)"
The Court of Civil Appeals dismissed the bulk of the appellant’s appeal in Watson v. Whittington Real Estate, LLC as untimely filed.

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