Frazier v. Underdue-Frazier

We confront the question whether an appellant’s alleged reliance on erroneous information from court personnel provides a basis for invoking the “unique circumstances” doctrine so as to save an untimely appeal from dismissal. On April 4, 2002, appellant noted this pro se appeal from a judgment of absolute divorce entered in the trial court on February 6, 2002. After this court directed him to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as untimely, he filed a response contending that he relied on an unidentified court employee’s statement that he had sixty days…