Evans v. Otterstatter

YELVERTON, Judge.

MOTION TO DISMISS

The appellee, Steven Otterstatter, moves to dismiss the appeal of Stanley Evans and Robin Black Evans on the grounds the appeal was untimely filed.

On July 18, 1986, the trial court signed a judgment rendered on July 3, 1986. This judgment dismissed, with prejudice, the petition for adoption filed by the appellants.

A motion for a new trial was filed on July 28, 1986, and denied by the trial court on August 4, 1986. Apparently there was no hearing on the motion for new trial, as the trial court simply wrote “DENIED” across the order that would have shown the…