Court Opinion

ID: 9699693
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:46:38.679433+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:55.754487
License: Public Domain

DYCHE, Judge,
concurring in result:
I would concur with the result reached by the majority if we reached the merits of the case. The motion to dismiss should be granted, however, as the proper parties are not before the court. It is not the obligation of the putative appellees to “plead themselves into court.” The doctrine of “substantial compliance” has no application here. In order to receive ap*836pellate relief, the necessary parties must be named in the Notice of Appeal, which, despite its name, is a jurisdictional document, not a mere means of giving notice. Blackburn v. Blackburn, Ky., 810 S.W.2d 55 (1991) is an unfortunate aberration in our appellate law and should be overruled.