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Date Created: 2023-06-21 15:10:52.891361+00
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ORIGINAL                                         06/20/2023

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                    Case Number: DA 23-0212

                                        DA 23-0212

IN RE THE PARENTING OF
                                                                          JUN 2 0 2023
                                                                       Bovvan u,-,anwood
       M.B., A minor child.                                          Clerk ot SL:p, erne Court
                                                                        State of Montana

UMBERTO FERRI,

             Petitioner and Appellee.                                ORDER

       and

ANNELIESE N. BROWN.

             Respondent and Appellant.

       Appellant Anneliese N. Brown, via counsel, moves pursuant to M. R. App. P.
22(2)(a) for relief from an order of the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County,
that denied her Motion to Stay Order Pending Appeal. Brown alleges that if the District
Court's Order Re: Interim Parenting Plan is not stayed until this appeal is resolved, the
child M.B., who is subject to the parenting plan, will be irreparably harmed. Appellee
Umberto Ferri objects to Brown's motion for relief, arguing this Court should allow the
District Court's denial of stay to stand because Brown has not demonstrated the requisite
good cause for this Court to provide relief from the District Court's denial of stay.
       Under M. R. App. P. 22(1), a party must first move the district court for a stay of its
judgment or order pending appeal. M. R. App. P. 22(1)(d) requires that court to promptly
enter a written order "and include in findings of fact and conclusions of law, or in a
supporting rationale, the relevant facts and legal authority on which the district court's
order is based." After the district court issues its ruling, a party may move for relief from
that order under M. R. App. P. 22(2), which this Court will grant only upon a demonstration
of good cause, among other considerations.
      In this case, the District Court issued an Order Denying Motion to Stay Order
Pending Appeal and Deferring Reimbursement Request that summarily denied Brown's
motion to stay without providing findings of fact, conclusions of law, or a supporting
rationale as Rule 22(1)(d) requires. Without an explanation of the District Court's reasons
for denying Brown's motion to stay, we cannot determine if good cause exists for relief
from that order.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the District Court shall enter an amended order
that complies with M. R. App. P. 22(1)(d) and shall transmit such order to this Court within
30 days of the date of this Order.
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Appellant's motion for relief is HELD IN
ABEYANCE pending this Court's receipt and consideration of the District Court's
amended order.
       The Clerk is direCted to provide copies of this order to all counsel of record, to the
Clerk of the Flathead County District Court, and to the Hon. Robert B. Allison.
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       DATED this (--b day of June, 2023.

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