Opinion ID: 2549103
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Appealable Issues

Text: [¶ 9] Initially, Mahaffey contests that Byrd failed to raise to the district court the issues now presented because Byrd did not object to the district court's rulings. Thus, Mahaffey contends that Byrd is precluded from bringing these issues up on appeal. [¶ 10] We have often expressed that issues raised for the first time on appeal generally will not be considered by this court unless they are jurisdictional or issues of such a fundamental nature that they must be considered. Joyner v. State, 2002 WY 174, ¶ 13, 58 P.3d 331, ¶ 13 (Wyo.2002); Robinson v. Pacificorp, 10 P.3d 1133, 1136 (Wyo.2000); WW Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Cheyenne, 956 P.2d 353, 356 (Wyo.1998). We have also made it clear that it is appropriate for us to address issues that are bound to emerge again if left unresolved. Joyner, at ¶ 13; Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Ass'n v. State, 645 P.2d 1163, 1167 (Wyo.1982); McGuire v. McGuire, 608 P.2d 1278, 1286 (Wyo.1980). [¶ 11] We find that it is important for this court to address the issues raised by Byrd on appeal 1) because they are fundamental in nature inasmuch as they concern specific due process questions, and 2) they are issues that continue to arise following the modification of Uniform Rules for District Courts of the State of Wyoming (U.R.D.C.), Rule 102(c) in 1993. Therefore, recognizing that special circumstances exist, we choose to attend to the issues brought before this court on appeal, as most recently dictated in Joyner, at ¶ 13.