Title: STATE EX REL DEWYEA v KNAPP
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 82-205
State: Montana
Issuer: Montana Supreme Court
Date: March 30, 1983

NO. 82-205 I N THE SUPilE~E C O U R T O F T H E STATE O F MONTANA 1983 STATE OF MONTANA, ex rel., XARCIA L Y N N D E W Y E A , P e t i t i o n e r and Appellant, LARRY RAY XNAPP, Respondent and Respondent. Appeal from: District Court of t h e Fourth J u d i c i a l D i s t r i c t , I n and f o r t h e County of Lake, The Honorable John S. Henson, Judge p r e s i d i n g . Counsel of Record: For Appellant: John M. McRae, S p e c i a l A s s t . Atty. General, Child Support Enforcement Bureau, F.lissoula, Montana John Frederick, County A t t y . , Polson, Montana For Respondent : Larry P. Knapp, pro se, S t . I g n a t i u s , Montana F i l e d : Submitted on B r i e f s : January 31, 1983 Decided: March 31, 1983 - - - Clerk Mr. Justice Daniel J. Shea delivered the Opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a Lake County District Court proceeding. We do not reach the merits of this appeal because we do not have jurisdiction to hear and determine this appeal. There has not been a final order or judgment in the matter. The District Court file includes only a minute entry which states the court's intention. A minute entry directing judgment to be entered is not a judgment. Lisker v . O'Rourke (1903), 28 Mont. 129, 72 P. 416. Rule 1, M.R.App.Civ.P. requires a final judgment or order to be entered before an appeal can be taken. Nor has the appeal been certified by the trial court under Rule 54 (b) , M.R.Civ.P. We discussed the requirements of a Rule 54 (b) certification in Roy v. Neibauer (1980) , - Mont . - , 610 P.2d 1185, and we need not restate them here. The appeal is dismissed without prejudice. We Concur: