Naylor v. Naylor
Decision Date | 14 September 2007 |
Docket Number | 2060485. |
Citation | 981 So.2d 440 |
Parties | Angie Terry NAYLOR v. Scottie L. NAYLOR. |
Court | Alabama Court of Civil Appeals |
Cheryl Baswell-Guthrie of Baswell-Guthrie, P.C., Huntsville, for appellant.
Chris Malcom of Malcom & Terry, P.C., Moulton, for appellee.
Angie Terry Naylor ("the mother") appeals from a custody-modification judgment entered by the Lawrence Circuit Court on October 22, 2006.
Although the issue has not been addressed by either party, this court must first determine whether it has jurisdiction over this appeal. "Jurisdictional matters are of such importance that a court may take notice of them ex mero motu." McMurphy v. East Bay Clothiers, 892 So.2d 395, 397 (Ala.Civ.App.2004). "[T]he question whether a judgment is final is a jurisdictional question." Johnson v. Johnson, 835 So.2d 1032, 1034 (Ala.Civ.App. 2002).
In this case, the trial court's October 22, 2006, judgment did not dispose of the issue of child support. Specifically, the trial court stated:
Because the judgment did not determine all the rights or liabilities of the parties but, instead, reserved the issue of child support pending the occurrence of a specific event, i.e., the mother's having surgery and being able to return to work, the judgment is not final. See Reid v. Reid, 844 So.2d 1212, 1213-15 (Ala.Civ. App.2002) ( ); and Tomlinson v. Tomlinson, 816 So.2d 57, 58 (Ala.Civ.App.2001) ( ).1 Because a nonfinal judgment will not support an appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Reid, 844 So.2d at 1215.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
1. Compare Reid and Tomlinson, supra, with Parker v. Parker, 946 So.2d 480 (Ala.Civ.App. 2006) ( ).
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