ORIGNAL 04/01/2022 IN THE SUPREME COUR.T OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 22-0049 DA 22-0049

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: APR 01 2022 WHITNEY MERLYNN PETERSON, Bovven Clerk of Suptert,.

State or Mr) , Petitioner and Appellee, ORDER and HECTOR GUILLERMO SMITH Mac DONALD GONZALEZ, Respondent and Appellant.

Appellee Whitney Merlynn Peterson as filed a Motion to Waive Mandatory Appellate Mediation pursuant to M. R. App. P. 7(2)(b).

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter shall proceed without mediation.

The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all parties of record, and to the Honorable Wm. Nels Swandal, appointed mediator.

DATED this day of April, 2022.

For the Court,

Chief JuStice