Court Opinion

ID: 9695913
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:31:15.855485+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:17.105455
License: Public Domain

JONES, Chief Justice
(concurring).
While I agree with the reasoning and result expressed by the Majority, I am distressed that my brethren felt it necessary to grant allocatur in a case challenging the legitimacy of a support order. This Court is presently *43confronted with an almost overwhelming backlog, and the consideration of an appeal involving an issue of law long-settled by a definitive body of precedent cannot alleviate our burden. We misconstrue our appellate function if we perceive our obligation as encompassing the review of every erroneous decision of the lower courts. It is my view that the consideration of this matter was undertaken to correct the harm visited upon the appellant. Such individual attention is perhaps laudable but ignores the reality of current appellate dockets.