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In Re the Adoption of L.E.R.G.
DA 21-0505
| Mont. | Apr 12, 2022
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G [1] [1] .... ^ , . ? P k \ a ... .! . [1] . t i A k l a r a 04/12/2022 I N T H E S U P R E M E C OU R T O F T H E S T A TE O F M ON T ANA Case Number: DA 21-0505 DA 21 - 0505 I N R E T H E ADO P T I ON O F : F I L E D L . E . R . G ., A M i no r C h il d . A P R 1 2 2 02 2 NA T HAN S C O TT KU F N E R , B o w en G r een w ood C l e r k o f S up r e r ne C ou r t S t a t e o f I ' v l on t ana P e titi on e r a nd A pp e ll ee , v . O R D E R J U S T I N A . S H I EL D S , F a t h e r , R e s pond e n t a nd A pp e ll a n t , a nd T I NA W O L F O R D , I n t e r v e n e r a nd A pp e ll a n t . O n M a r c h 8 , 2022 , t h i s C ou r t d i s m i ss e d A pp e ll a n t s ' a pp ea l w it h p r e j ud i ce f o r f a il u r e t o c o m p l y w it h M . R . A pp . P . 13 a nd t h i s C ou r t ' s p r e v i ou s O r d e r , d a t e d J a nu a r y 14 , 2022 . O n M a r c h 23 , 2022 , A pp e ll a n t s f il e d a " M o ti on t o A ll o w F a i r F ili ng o f O p e n i ng B r i e f . " W e t r ea t A pp e l l a n t s ' m o ti o n a s a p e ti t i o n f o r r e h ea r i n g p u r s u a n t t o M . R . A pp . P . 2 0 ( 1 )( a ) .

M . R . A pp . P . 20 ( 1 )( a ) p r ov i d e s t h a t a p e titi on f o r r e h ea r i ng w ill b e c on s i d e r e d on l y w h e n t h e C ou r t " ov e r l ook e d s o m e f ac t m a t e r i a l t o t h e d ec i s i on , " w h e n " it ov e r l ook e d s o m e qu e s ti on p r e s e n t e d by c oun s e l t h a t w ou l d h a v e p r ov e n d ec i s i v e t o t h e ca s e , " o r w h e n " it s d ec i s i on c on f li c t s w it h a s t a t u t e o r c on t r o lli ng d ec i s i on no t a dd r e ss e d " by t h e C ou r t .

I n t h e i r P e titi on , A pp e ll a n t s d e s c r i b e " s o m e p r ob l e m s t h a t p r e v e n t e d u s fr o m h a v i ng t h e b r i e f f i l e d o n t i m e . " A pp e ll a n t s r e qu e s t a no t h e r oppo r t un it y t o f il e t h e i r b r i e f . P r i o r t o t h e i r a p p ea l b e i ng d i s r n i ss e d , A pp e ll a n t s r e qu e s t e d , a nd w e g r a n t e d , t w o e x t e n s i on s , on e o f w h i c h w a s g r a n t e d a f t e r A pp e ll a n t s ' op e n i ng b r i e f w a s r e j ec t e d f o r f a i l u r c *2 t o c o m p l y w it h t h i s C ou r t ' s r u l e s . T h e m o s t r ec e n t e x t e n s i on , g r a n t e d on J a nu a r y 14 , 2022 , g a v e A pp e ll a n t s s i x a dd iti on a l w ee k s t o f il e t h e i r op e n i ng b r i e f . T h i s O r d e r e xp li c itl y w a r n e d A pp e ll a n t s : " N o f u r t h e r e x t e n s i on s w ill b e g r a n t e d . F a il u r e t o f il e t h e b r i e f w it h i n [ t h e ] ti m e [ a ll o w e d by t h e e x t e n s i on ] w i 1 I r e s u lt i n d i s m i ss a l o f t h i s a pp ea l w it h p r e j ud i ce a nd w it hou t f u r t h e r no ti ce . A pp e ll a n t s f a il e d t o til e t h e i r b r i e f w it h i n t h e e x t e nd e d ti m e g r a n t e d by t h i s C ou r t . '

T a k i ng a t f ace v a l u e A pp e ll a n t s ' r e p r e s e n t a ti on s a s t o t h e p r ob l e m s t h e y c on t e nd p r e v e n t e d t h e r n fr o m f ili ng t h e i r b r i e f on ti m e , t h i s s till do e s no t a b s o l v e A pp e ll a n t s o f t h e i r ob li g a ti on t o e n s u r e t h e i r b r i e f w a s f il e d i n acc o r d a n ce w it h t h e C ou r t ' s O r d e r ; no r do e s it a b s o l v e t h e m o f t h e i r ob l i g a ti on t o c o m m u n i ca t e w i t h t h e C ou r t b e f o r e t h e d ea d li n e r a t h e r t h a n j u s t i gno r e t h e C ou r t ' s O r d e r a nd f il e t h e i r b r i e f l a t e d e s p it e t h e C ou r t ' s e xp li c it w a r n i ng t h a t f a il u r e t o ti m e l y f il e t h e i r b r i e f " w ill r e s u lt i n d i s m i ss a l o f t h i s a pp ea l w it h p r e j ud i ce a nd w it hou t f u r t h e r no ti ce . " ( E m ph a s i s a dd e d . )

H a v i ng f u ll y c on s i d e r e d A pp e ll a n t s ' p e titi on , w e c on c l ud e r e h ea r i ng i s no t w a rr a n t e d und e r t h e s t a nd a r d s o f M . R . A pp . P . 20 ( 1 )( a ) . A cc o r d i ng l y , I T I S O R D E R E D t h a t A pp e ll a n t s ' p e titi on f o r r e h ea r i ng i s D E N I E D . T h e C l e r k i s d i r ec t e d t o p r ov i d e a c opy o f t h i s O r d e r t o t h e A pp e l l a n t s a nd t o a ll

p a r ti e s o f r ec o r d . DA TE D t h i 4 . 1 .., — d a y o f A p r il , 2022 . C h i e f J u s ti ce A s i d e fr o m b e i ng un ti m e l y , A pp e ll a n t s ' b r i e f a g a i n f a il e d t o c o m p l y w it h t h i s C o u r t ' s r u l e s . S i n ce t h e a pp ea l w a s d i s m i ss e d du e t o A pp e ll a n t s ' f a il u r e t o c o m p l y w it h t h e C o u r t ' s d ea d li n e , t h e b r i e f ' s non c o m p li a n ce w a s m oo t .

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Case Details

Case Name: In Re the Adoption of L.E.R.G.
Court Name: Montana Supreme Court
Date Published: Apr 12, 2022
Docket Number: DA 21-0505
Court Abbreviation: Mont.
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