Marriage of Smith

Opinion

11/01/2022

Case Number: DA 22-0580

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

DA 22-0580

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

PEGGY LEANN SMITH,

Petitioner and Appellee,

ORDER OF MEDIATOR APPOINTMENT v.

WILLIAM MICHAEL SMITH,

Respondent and Appellant.

This appeal being subject to M.R.App.P. 7, and the parties having failed to jointly and timely select a mediator under M.R.App.P., 7(4),(c), IT IS ORDERED THAT Patricia Hope Klanke, whose name appears next on the list of attorneys desiring appointment as mediators for Domestic Relations appeals which is maintained pursuant to M.R.App.P., 7(4)(e), is hereby appointed to conduct the mediation process required by M.R.App.P., 7(5), and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the time periods set forth in M.R.App.P., 7(5)(d) shall run from the date of this order of appointment.

A true copy of this order is being mailed to counsel of record for the parties, or to the parties individually if not represented by counsel, on the date hereof.

DATED this November 1, 2022.

Bowen Greenwood, Clerk of the Supreme Court

c: Jamie J. McKittrick, Thomas H. Stanton, Lewis Kelsey Smith, III., Patricia Hope Klanke