Morris v. Stroud

Tom Glaze, Justice.

The parties in this case were divorced on June 29, 1992, and appellant Marsha Lynn Morris duly filed her notice of appeál on July 7, 1992. Ms. Morris obtained an extension from the chancery court to file her record, but the extension date was to February 27, 1993 — nearly eight months after the parties’ divorce decree had been entered.

Ark. R. App. R 5(b), provides in relevant part that the trial court may extend the time for filing the record on appeal but “in no event shall the time be extended more than seven months from the date of the entry of the decree except in the…