Berenbaum v. Berenbaum

Appellant Linda Bayer Berenbaum appeals the denial of her motion to extend the time for filing an appeal on the ground of excusable neglect. See Super.Ct.Civ.R. 60(b). The trial judge found, after a hearing, that it was undisputed that appellant’s trial attorney had been instructed by appellant not to file a notice of appeal as her attorney, that he had agreed only to facilitate the filing of such notice, that she had signed pro se, and that appellant so understood her trial attorney’s limited role. The judge found no basis to conclude that appellant had been affirmatively misled by her trial…