Opinion ID: 2515281
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Did the Gagnebins Timely Appeal from the Judgment Awarding Costs and Attorney Fees?

Text: The Cecils contend that the Gagnebins did not timely appeal the judgment awarding the Cecils costs and attorney fees. An appeal must be filed within forty-two days from the entry of a final judgment. I.A.R. 14(a) & 11(a)(1). They argue that the judgment awarding costs and attorney fees was filed on May 14, 2007, and that the Gagnebins did not file their notice of appeal until sixty-seven days later on July 20, 2007. The district court entered an amended judgment in this action on April 30, 2007. On May 8, 2007, the Cecils timely filed a motion to amend the amended judgment pursuant to Rule 59(e) of the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure. That motion terminated the running of the time for appeal, and it did not begin to run until the order deciding the motion was filed. I.A.R. 14(a). [2] The motion was decided by the district court when it filed the second amended judgment on June 12, 2007. The Gagnebins filed their notice of appeal on June 20, 2007, well within the forty-two day period following the entry of the second amended judgment.