Estate of Mitchell v. Gorman

OPINION

The defendant, Daniel W. Gorman, appeals from a Family Court order that dismissed his appeal to this Court from a decision pending entry of final judgment. The trial justice dismissed the defendant’s appeal on the ground that he had failed to take the steps necessary to ensure the timely transmission of the record to this Court. The defendant contends that the trial justice abused her discretion in dismissing his appeal within the sixty-day period that Article I, Rule 11(a) of the Supreme Court Rules of Appellate Procedure indicates is the period within which the record is to be…