Rogers v. Rogers

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ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
DIVISION I
No. CV-12-1093
BROOK A. ROGERS Opinion Delivered November 13, 2013
APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI
V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT,
FIFTEENTH DIVISION
[NO. DR-2004-720]
DENA A. ROGERS
APPELLEE HONORABLE RICHARD A.
MOORE, JR., JUDGE
REBRIEFING ORDERED
BRANDON J. HARRISON, Judge
Brook Rogers appeals the Pulaski County Circuit Court order requiring, among other
things, that he pay $40,709.85 in marital-retirement benefits to Dena Rogers, his former wife.
We will not decide this case on the merits at this point; instead, we order rebriefing.
Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 4-2(a)(5) (2013) provides in pertinent part:
(5) Abstract. The appellant shall create an abstract of the material parts of all the
transcripts (stenographically reported material) in the record. Information in a
transcript is material if the information is essential for the appellate court to confirm
its jurisdiction, to understand the case, and to decide the issues on appeal.
....
(B) Form. The abstract shall be an impartial condensation, without comment or
emphasis, of the transcript (stenographically reported material). The abstract must not
reproduce the transcript verbatim. No more than one page of a transcript shall be
abstracted without giving a record page reference. In abstracting testimony, the first
person (“I”) rather than the third person (“He or She”) shall be used. The
question-and-answer format shall not be used. In the extraordinary situations where
a short exchange cannot be converted to a first-person narrative without losing
important meaning, however, the abstract may include brief quotations from the
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transcript.
Brook’s abstract does not comply with the rule because substantial portions of it contain
verbatim reproductions of the transcript or appear in question-and-answer format.
We therefore order Brook to file a compliant substituted brief within fifteen days from
this opinion’s date. Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(b)(3). After Brook’s substituted brief has been
served, Dena may revise or substitute her brief within fifteen days, if she so chooses. See id.
Brook should also review our rules to ensure that his substituted brief is free of additional
deficiencies. A subsequent failure to file a compliant brief may result in this court affirming
the circuit court’s order or judgment due to noncompliance. See Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(b)(3);
Carter v. Cline, 2011 Ark. 266.
Rebriefing ordered.
GRUBER and WHITEAKER, JJ., agree.
Robertson Law Firm, PLLC, by: Robert “Chris” Oswalt, for appellant.
Stephen Cobb, for appellee.
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