Court Opinion

ID: 9717343
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:02:01.352263+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:52.661947
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HOFFMAN, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. The decree of dissolution was entered on December 21,1992. The praecipe, along with a request for extension of time within which to file the praecipe, was filed on February 1,1993. In his request for an extension, Roger alleged that he did not receive a copy of the decree until January 2, 1992. Ind. Trial Rule 72(E) states:
“Effect of Lack of Notice. Lack of notice, or the lack of the actual receipt of a copy of the entry from the Clerk shall not affect the time within which to contest the ruling, order or judgment, or authorize the Court to relieve a party of the failure to initiate proceedings to contest such ruling, order or judgment, except as provided in this section. When the mailing of a copy of the entry by the Clerk is not evidenced by a note made by the Clerk upon the Chronological Case Summary, the Court, upon application for good cause shown, may grant an extension of any time limitation within which to contest such ruling, order or judgment to any party who was without actual knowledge, or who relied upon incorrect representations by Court personnel _” (Emphasis supplied.)
Here, Roger admitted that he received actual notice. Accordingly, the trial court did not have authority to allow an extension of time within which to file the praecipe.
Further, the trial court was without the power to resurrect the time period by ordering a late praecipe to be considered timely. Clausen v. State (1993), Ind., 622 N.E.2d 925 (parties and trial court cannot recreate record to include an objection which was not timely made; court on review “will only examine what actually transpired”).
The praecipe was not timely filed. The failure to timely file a praecipe is a jurisdictional impediment to review requiring dismissal of the appeal. International Fidelity Ins. Co. v. State (1992), Ind.App., 602 N.E.2d 160, 161, trans. den. The appeal should be dismissed.