In Re the Marriage Of: Bollermann v. Nowlis

Vice Chief Justice BALES,

opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We granted review to determine whether a party may appeal a family court order that neither resolves a pending request for attorneys’ fees nor includes language making the order appealable pursuant to Arizona Rule of Family Law Procedure 78(B). Because we interpret Rule 78(B) consistently with its civil counterpart, Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b), we hold that such an order is not final for purposes of appeal.

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¶ 2 Karen Lynn Bollermann (“Wife”) and Stephen Michael Nowlis (“Husband”) divorced in 2006. Beginning in the fall of 2009 they…