Supreme Court of Arkansas

In re Estate of Frazier

March 3, 20162016 Ark. 89

Summary

The court held that the circuit court's extension order was invalid because it lacked the findings required by Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure–Civil 5(b)(1), making the clerk's refusal to docket the appeal proper. The court remanded for the circuit court to determine whether the rule's requirements were satisfied when the original extension motion was filed and granted, without allowing the parties to cure deficiencies after the fact.