Opinion ID: 1205097
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: actual issues

Text: On March 12, 1992, appellant, proceeding pro se, filed an appeal with this court challenging both Order I and Order II. [R.A.Vol. I, p. 103] In appellant's brief and reply brief, appellant fails to designate any discernable legal error by the district court. However, upon careful review of appellant's briefs and purported issues, it appears he wants this court to modify the custody provision of the divorce decree and/or find the district court to have abused its discretion in fashioning the two orders. In her brief, appellee raises several relevant and important jurisdictional issues which appellant fails to recognize. Because appellant is proceeding pro se, he may simply be unaware of what is required to perfect an appeal under the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure. We must, however, abide by our firm rule that requires a pro se litigant to comply with the same procedural standards as those litigants represented by counsel. Apadoca v. Ommen, 807 P.2d 939, 943 (Wyo.1991); Annis v. Beebe & Runyan Furniture Co., 685 P.2d 678, 679 (Wyo.1984); Matter of GP, 679 P.2d 976, 985 (Wyo.1984). Therefore, our rules of appellate procedure apply equally to appellant and are determinative of the outcome of this case. After considering the facts and the issues presented by appellant and appellee, we have settled upon two issues we must determine. First, do we have jurisdiction to review Order I? Second, do we have jurisdiction to review Order II; and if so, did the court abuse its discretion?