Ferguson v. Croom

ARNOLD, Judge.

The record indicates that Kimberly Joyce Croom appealed from the court’s judgment and assigned error. However, no appellant’s brief was filed in support of Kimberly’s appeal. Instead, counsel filed an appellee’s brief and attempted, pursuant to Rule 10(d) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure, to cross-assign as error Kimberly’s exceptions noted at the time of her appeal.

Rule 10(d) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure permits an ap-pellee to cross-assign as error any actions of the trial court which deprive the appellee of an alternative basis in law for supporting the judgment…