Robin M. Emis, Appellant v. Keith W. Emis, Appellee

Summary

The court held that Robin Emis’s notice of appeal substantially complied with the appellate rules despite designating the findings-and-conclusions order rather than the later final custody order. Because the notice was timely as to the final order and Keith was not prejudiced, the defect did not defeat appellate jurisdiction, so the court vacated the court of appeals’ decision and remanded for consideration of the merits. Justice Wood, dissenting, would have dismissed the appeal because the notice identified a superseded, nonfinal order rather than the final custody order.