Department of Human Resources v. Holland

Pope, Presiding Judge.

The Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) petitioned the superior court to adopt DHR’s recommended increase in the amount of child support being paid by Michael Holland to his former wife Linda Holland. The court denied the petition on December 1, 1997. DHR then filed a motion for new trial on December 22. On December 31, before the superior court ruled on the motion, DHR applied for discretionary review of the trial court’s order denying the petition. We granted the application on January 16, 1998, and DHR filed its notice of appeal on January 22. In spite of the…