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Date Created: 2023-06-09 23:07:52.155467+00
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06/09/2023

              IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                              Case Number: DA 22-0754

                                           DA 22-0754

  IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF:
                                                                           Ht.&
  JOHN P. RHODES,
                                                                            JUN 0 9 2023
             Petitioner, Appellant and                                    Bowen Greenwooa
                                                                       T:„slerk of Suprerne
                                                                                            Coun
  Cross-Appellee,                                                           Stato of Monte r) -

                                                                         ORDER
         v.

  TRACY LABIN RHODES,

             Respondent, Appellee and
  Cross-Appellant.

      John P. Rhodes moves this Court to supplement the record. Tracy Labin Rhodes
responds in opposition.
        John states that he seeks to supplement the record in this appeal of a dissolution with
the four children's school attendance records for this past school year. Tracy points out
that this inforrnation is not part of the record on appeal. Tracy posits that John has not
provided a sufficient record, pursuant to M. R. App. P. 8(2), because there is a lack of
transcripts.
      This Court's rules are clear. A record on appeal is defined as "the original papers
and exhibits filed in the district court, the transcript of proceedings, if any, and a certified
copy of the docket entries prepared by the clerk of the district court . . . ." M. R. App. P.
8(1). An appellant, such as John, has a duty to request the transcript of the proceedings.
M. R. App. P. 8(3). While John filed a written notice of the necessary transcripts well after
his notice of appeal, he did file it on February 3, 2023.1 This Court received the electronic
transcript of the hearing on April 21, 2023. No basis exists for either request. Therefore,

          The Clerk's office received and filed John's notice of transcripts deemed necessary for
appeal on February 3, 2023, and then scanned into the electronic system on Monday, February 6,
2023.
       IT IS ORDERED that John's Motion to Supplement the Record with 2022-2023
School Attendance Records is DENIED.
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Tracy's Request for an Order concerning
transcripts is DENIED, as moot.
       The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to all
parties.
       DATED this        day of June, 2023.
                                               For the Court,

                                                            Chief Justice

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