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641 So. 2d 833

Jackson v. Jackson

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 17, 1994

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · decided 1994-06-17

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 1995

1 state decisions

Relies on 439 So. 2d 166 - Allen v. Holmes · 516 So. 2d 719 - Greer v. Greer

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Decided 1994-06-17

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ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

¶1This is an appeal from a judgment of divorce entered on August 17, 1993. On September 17, 1993, 31 days after the entry of judgment, the husband filed an untimely motion to alter or amend the judgment of divorce.

¶2“If a post-trial motion is not timely filed, the 42-day time period for filing a notice of appeal is not tolled.” Greer v. Greer, 516 So.2d 719, 720 (Ala.Civ.App.1987) (citation omitted). The husband’s notice of appeal was filed on November 30, 1993, some 105 days after the entry of the judgment of divorce. “An appeal shall be dismissed if the notice of appeal was not timely filed to invoke the jurisdiction of the appellate court.” Rule 2(a)(1), A.R.A.P. This court is without jurisdiction and is required to dismiss the appeal ex mero motu. Greer, supra; Allen v. Holmes, 439 So.2d 166 (Ala.Civ.App.1983).

¶3The wife and the husband’s requests for attorney fees on appeal are denied.

¶4APPEAL DISMISSED.

THIGPEN and YATES, JJ., concur.
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