03/15/2022

Case Number: DA 22-0077

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Supreme Court Cause No. N.B., K.M.B., K.R.B., and K.R.B.

Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, a Montana State Agency Defendant and Appellee.

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Appellants N.B., K.M.B., K.R.B., and K.R.B.’s appeal in this matter is dismissed without prejudice due to the district court order appellants seeking to appeal being not yet certified as a final judgment by the district court pursuant to Rule M. R. Civ. P. 54(b).

DONE and DATED this ______ day of March, 2022 ___________________________

CC: Lowy Law, PLLC Rutherford Hayes, Montana Tort Claims Division Clerk of Court Seventeenth Judicial District, Valley County

2 Electronically signed by: Mike McGrath Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court March 15 2022