Case Name: Rex JENNINGS, Appellant-Defendant, v. Pamela S. DAVIS, Appellee-Plaintiff
Court: Court of Appeals of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1994-05-31
Citations: 634 N.E.2d 810
Docket Number: No. 35A05-9311-CV-419
Parties: Rex JENNINGS, Appellant-Defendant, v. Pamela S. DAVIS, Appellee-Plaintiff.
Judges: FRIEDLANDER, J., concurs.
Reporter: North Eastern Reporter 2d
Volume: 634
Pages: 810–811

Head Matter:
Rex JENNINGS, Appellant-Defendant, v. Pamela S. DAVIS, Appellee-Plaintiff.
No. 35A05-9311-CV-419.
Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District.
May 31, 1994.
P. Robert Dawalt, Jr., Marion, for appellant.

Opinion:
BARTEAU, Judge.
Rex Jennings appeals the judgment of the trial court in favor of Pamela Davis on Davis's complaint for partition. We must dismiss the appeal because Jennings did not file his praccipe in a timely manner.
Indiana Appellate Rule 2(A) states: "The praecipe shall be filed within thirty (80) days after entry of a final judgment.... Unless the praecipe is filed within such time period, the right to an appeal will be forfeited." Timely filing of a praecipe is a jurisdictional prerequisite and when the praecipe has not been timely filed we must dismiss the appeal. CNA Ins. Companies v. Vellucci (1992), Ind.App., 596 N.E.2d 926, 928, trans. denied. Here, the trial court entered the final judgment on August 16, 1998. Jennings filed his praccipe on September 16, 1998, thirty-one (81) days after the entry of the final judgment. Thus, the praecipe was not timely filed and the appeal must be dismissed.
DISMISSED.
FRIEDLANDER, J., concurs.
RUCKER, J., dissents with opinion.