In the Interest of Doe Children

Mother-appellant (Mother) and Father-appellant (Father) are appealing from the orders of the family court of the first circuit denying their respective motions for reconsideration and awarding permanent custody of their twin children—John Doe, born on December 22, 1997, and John Doe, bom on December 22, 1997—to the appellee Department of Human Resources (DHS). The DHS moves to dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction, contending that Mother and Father failed to file timely notices of appeal.

For the reasons set forth below, we deny the DHS’s motions to dismiss.

I. BACKGROUND

This…