Three Rivers Commons Owners' Association, Inc. v. Donna Grodner

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

THREE RIVERS COMMONS OWNERS' NO. 2023 CW 1172
ASSOCIATION, INC.

VERSUS

DONNA GRODNER, ET AL FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In Re: Donna Grodner, applying for supervisory writs, 21st
Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, No.
171319.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, HESTER, AND MILLER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. On October 12, 2023, this court

issued an action granting in part a prior writ application filed
by relator herein, Donna Grodner, and reversing the portion of

the trial court' s August 14, 2023 judgment that denied Ms.
Grodner' s motion to designate the record on appeal. This court
further ordered the trial court clerk of court' s office " to

prepare the appeal record in accordance with Local Rule 5 of the
Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, and to include any
additional document s
' designated in Ms. Grodner' s ' Motion to
Designate Record' that are not specifically described in Local

Rule S." See Three Rivers Commons Owners' Ass' n, Inc. v.

Grodner, 2023- 0879 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 10/ 12/ 23) 2023 WL 6634106
unpublished). Despite this court' s October 12, 2023 writ

action, on October 16, 2023, the trial court granted a motion to
dismiss Ms. Grodner' s appeal for failure to pay the estimated

costs of appeal that were sent to Ms. Grodner on August 7, 2023.
Accordingly, we vacate the trial court' s October 16, 2023

judgment dismissing Ms. Grodner' s appeal. The trial court clerk
of court' s office is hereby ordered to prepare a new estimate

for the cost of preparation of the record for Ms. Grodner' s
appeal in accordance with this court' s October 12, 2023 writ

action.

PMC
CHR
SMM

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT