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STATE OF LOUISIANA

             COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

THREE    RIVERS          COMMONS           OWNERS'                                          NO.        2023 CW       0879
ASSOCIATION,             INC.

VERSUS

DONNA GRODNER,              ET AL                                                       OCTOBER 12,                 2023

In Re:            Donna          Grodner,           applying           for        supervisory               writs,        21st
                  Judicial              District         Court,          Parish             of    Livingston,              No.
                  171319.

BEFORE:           McCLENDON,               HESTER,      AND MILLER,               JJ.

        WRIT       GRANTED              IN       PART    AND        DENIED             IN    PART           WITH     ORDER.
Louisiana          Code          of     Civil       Procedure            article            212 8      provides          that
 within        three          days,          exclusive         of        holidays,               after       taking        the
appeal      the     appellant               may     designate           in    a    writing             filed      with     the
trial       court        such         portions          of    the       record          which          he    desires        to
constitute         the        record         on    appeal."            On    August          11,       2023,       relator,
Donna       Grodner,          filed          a    motion      seeking             to    designate            the     record
with " only those documents                          that      fall      after ... those                listed on the
index       from     Appeal           Record        2023       CA      0050."            While         Ms.        Grodner's
motion      seeking           to      designate         the    record was               not       filed       within       the
deadline          afforded              by       Article       2128,         there           appears          to     be     no
prejudice         to     any       of      the     parties        if     the      record          is    designated          as
requested         by     Ms.       Grodner.             Even      so,     any      record          filed          with   this
court must         also meet               the minimum record requirements                                   provided       in
Local       Rule     5    of       the       Louisiana         Court         of    Appeal,             First       Circuit.
Accordingly,             we      reverse,          in    part,         the     trial         court's         August        14,
2023    judgment            that       denied Ms.            Grodner's            motion          to    designate          the
record       on    appeal.                 The     trial       court         clerk's             office        is    hereby
ordered       to     prepare            the       appeal       record        in        accordance            with        Local
Rule    5    of    the      Louisiana              Court     of     Appeal,            First       Circuit,          and    to
include        any       additional                documents           designated                in    Ms.        Grodner's
 Motion to         Designate Record"                     that       are not            specifically described
in Local       Rule         5.        To     the    extent Ms.           Grodner            seeks       permission          of
this     court         to     use          the     record      in        2023      CA        0050,          the    writ     is
denied.

                                                             CHH
                                                             SMM

        Mcclendon,               J.,         concurs.              Ms.       Grodner             should           file     any
appropriate            motion          to    use     the     companion             record         in     2023       CA    0050
once     the       underlying                record      is     lodged            with       this        court.            See
Uniform Rules of Louisiana Courts of Appeal,                                                Rule 2-1.14.

COURT OF APPEAL,                 FIRST CIRCUIT

       DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
             FOR THE          COURT