Manone v. Coffee

THIGPEN, Judge.

Following the filing of a custody order on 16 August 2010, a staff member from defense counsel’s office picked up the order from the court house1 on 19 August 2010. The next day, the defendant’s attorney mailed a copy of the order to the plaintiff and filed a certificate of service. The defendant filed notice of appeal on 20 September 2010. We must determine whether the trial court erred by dismissing the defendant’s appeal as not timely filed. We conclude the defendant received actual notice of the entry and content of the order when the order was picked up from the court…