STATE EX REL DEWYEA v KNAPP

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NO. 82-205 I N THE SUPilE~ECOURT O T E STATE O MONTANA F H F 1983 STATE OF MONTANA, e x r e l . , XARCIA L N DEWYEA, Y N P e t i t i o n e r and A p p e l l a n t , LARRY RAY XNAPP, Respondent a n d Respondent. Appeal from: District Court of t h e Fourth J u d i c i a l D i s t r i c t , I n and f o r t h e County o f Lake, The H o n o r a b l e John S. Henson, J u d g e p r e s i d i n g . C o u n s e l o f Record: For Appellant: John M. McRae, S p e c i a l A s s t . A t t y . G e n e r a l , C h i l d S u p p o r t E n f o r c e m e n t B u r e a u , F.lissoula, Montana J o h n F r e d e r i c k , County A t t y . , P o l s o n , Montana F o r Respondent : Larry P. Knapp, p r o s e , S t . I g n a t i u s , Montana S u b m i t t e d on B r i e f s : Decided: Filed: Clerk -- J a n u a r y 3 1 , 1983 March 3 1 , 1 9 8 3 Mr. Justice Daniel J. Shea delivered the Opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a Lake County District Court proceeding. We do not reach the merits of this appeal because we do not have jurisdiction to hear and determine this appeal. There has not been a final order or judgment in the matter. The District Court file includes only a minute entry which states the court's intention. A minute entry directing judgment to be entered is not a judgment. v. O'Rourke M.R.App.Civ.P. (1903), 28 Mont. 129, 72 P. 416. Lisker Rule 1, requires a final judgment or order to be entered before an appeal can be taken. Nor has the appeal been certified by the trial court under Rule 54 (b), M.R.Civ.P. We discussed the requirements of a Rule 54 (b) certification in Roy v. Neibauer (1980), Mont . -, 610 P.2d 1185, and we need not restate them here. The appeal is dismissed without prejudice. We Concur:

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