Hoey v. Royston

Father appeals from an order modifying a child support decree entered on January 9, 1986. On January 13, 1986, father filed a motion to set aside the order. A hearing on the motion to set aside was heard and denied on January 17, 1986. On January 21,1986, father filed a motion for new trial. Mother then filed a motion to dismiss the January 21 new trial motion contending that the motion to set aside the order had been, in essence, a motion for new trial. Mother’s motion to dismiss was sustained on February 13, 1986.

Father filed a notice of appeal on February 21, 1986. Mother then filed a…