Marriage of: Martin and Williams

Opinion

j ORIGINAL 05/17/2024

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 24-0228

DA 24-0228

IN THE MARRIAGE OF:

BENJAMIN DAVID MARTIN,

Petitioner and Appellant, ORDER

v.

BRANDI WILLIAMS f/k/a BRANDI MARTIN, FILED MAY 1 7 2024

Respondent and Appellee. Bowen Green-wood Clerk of Suprerne Court

State of Montana

Appellant Benjamin David Martin has filed an unopposed motion to combine mediation with an appointed mediator and request for an extension of time to do so. Martin explains that he has two appeals pending with this Court and that now, he seeks the same mediator, appointed in this appeal, to preside over the mediation of both cases simultaneously. See also Cause No. DA 24-0146, Marriage of Martin and Williams. He requests an additional forty-five days to complete this mediation. We observe that the District Court record has been supplemented several times and most recently, on May 14, 2024. Upon review of the motion and good cause shown, therefore, IT IS ORDERED that: 1. Martin's unopposed motion to combine mediation for both of his appeals is GRANTED;

2. Martin and Appellee Brandi Williams with counsel shall have mediator Christopher J. Gillette preside over the simultaneous mediations of both matters and they shall have forty-five days from May 8, 2024, or June 24, 2024.

The Clerk is directed to provide a copy to: Mediator Christopher J. Gillette; counsel of record, and Benjamin David Martin. DATED ir day of May, 2024.

For the Court,

Chief Justice