Barbara Ann Maurer, Petitioner/Respondent, v. Brian Keith Maurer, Respondent/Appellant.

This slip opinion is subject to revision and may not reflect the final opinion adopted by the Court. Opinion Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Style: Barbara Ann Maurer, Petitioner/Respondent, v. Brian Keith Maurer, Respondent/Appellant. Case Number: 72769 Handdown Date: 12/22/1998 Appeal From: Circuit Court of St. Louis County Counsel for Appellant: Christopher T. Risler Counsel for Respondent: Mary Ann Weems Opinion Summary: Brian Keith Maurer appeals from the "JUDGMENT/DECREE OF DISSOLUTION" entered by the family court commissioner. DISMISSED. Division Four holds: The appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The family court commissioner's purported judgment does not constitute a final, appealable judgment because it is not signed by a judge. Citation: Opinion Author: Mary K. Hoff, Presiding Judge Opinion Vote: DISMISSED. Gaertner and Rhodes Russell, JJ., concur. Opinion: Brian Keith Maurer appeals from the "JUDGMENT/DECREE OF DISSOLUTION" entered on May 22, 1997 by Family Court Commissioner M. Zane Yates. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. In Slay v. Slay, 965 S.W.2d 845 (Mo. banc 1998), our Supreme Court decided this Court lacks jurisdiction to consider an appeal from a family court commissioner's purported judgment which was not signed by a judge. See State ex rel. York v. Daugherty, 969 S.W.2d 223 (Mo. banc 1998); In re Burnes, 975 S.W.2d 266 (Mo. App. S.D. 1998); Chick v.

Chick, 969 S.W.2d 387 (Mo. App. W.D. 1998). In the record before us, we have not found a judgment entered by "a person selected for office in accordance with and authorized to exercise judicial power by article V of the state constitution . . . ." Slay, 965 S.W.2d at 845. Therefore, we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal because no final, appealable judgment has been entered as required by Rule 74.01. Appeal dismissed. Separate Opinion: None This slip opinion is subject to revision and may not reflect the final opinion adopted by the Court.