Opinion ID: 901449
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Timely Motion

Text: [¶15.] Grandparents argue that Father's July 31, 2003 motion for disbursements and attorney's fees was untimely. They point to the requirement in SDCL 15-6-54(d) that an application for the taxation of disbursements must be filed within thirty days of the entry of judgment. Because there was no judgment entered during the thirty-day period before Father's July 31, 2003 motion, Grandparents contend that the motion was untimely. [¶16.] Grandparents misinterpret SDCL 15-6-54(d). That statute provides in relevant part: Costs and disbursements under this section shall be waived if proper application is not made within thirty days of the entry of the judgment. For good cause shown, the court may extend the time. Thus, we read the statute simply as a deadline to file the motion. Because the July 31, 2003 motion was not filed after the deadline; i.e. more than thirty days after entry of the judgment awarding fees, the motion was timely. [5]