Jacobson v. Jacobson

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IN THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS ----ooOoo---Carolyn Smith aka Carolyn Smith Jeppsen aka Carolyn Smith Jacobson, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Baltzar Hans Jacobson, Respondent and Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MEMORANDUM DECISION (Not For Official Publication) Case No. 20070367-CA F I L E D (July 6, 2007) 2007 UT App 237 ----Fourth District, Provo Department, 954400784 The Honorable Anthony W. Schofield Attorneys: Carolyn Smith Jacobson, Payson, Appellant Pro Se ----- Before Judges Greenwood, Davis, and McHugh. PER CURIAM: Carolyn Smith Jeppsen Jacobson seeks to appeal a trial court order. This case is before the court on its own motion for summary disposition based on the lack of jurisdiction, or alternatively, the lack of a substantial question for review. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Appellant's documents filed on appeal have not identified the order appealed from, nor have they identified any specific issue or court error for review. On review of the record, it appears that this appeal may be from an unsigned minute entry dated April 20, 2007. The April 20 minute entry is the only logical possibility for the source of this appeal. Generally, appeals may be taken only from final orders or judgments. See Bradbury v. Valencia, 2000 UT 50,¶9, 5 P.3d 649. For an order to be final, it must dispose of the litigation on the merits of the case. See id. It is well settled that an unsigned minute entry is not a final, appealable order. See Ron Shepard Ins. v. Shields, 882 P.2d 650, 653 (Utah 1994). The April 20 minute entry is not a final order from which an appeal may be taken. Where an appeal is not properly taken, this court lacks jurisdiction and must dismiss the appeal. 2000 UT 50 at ¶8. See Bradbury, Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed without prejudice to the filing of a timely notice of appeal from a final order. ______________________________ Pamela T. Greenwood, Associate Presiding Judge ______________________________ James Z. Davis, Judge ______________________________ Carolyn B. McHugh, Judge 20070367-CA 2

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