Bond v. Bond

The district court appointed Karen Wolf as referee to hear the divorce case of Wife and Husband. After a hearing conducted by Wolf, the district court entered a divorce judgment incorporating the referee's report. After the divorce judgment was entered, Wife filed two motions for post-judgment relief and moved to have the motions heard before the same referee that conducted the earlier hearing. The court referred the motions to the referee over Husband's objection. The Supreme Court dismissed Husband's interlocutory appeal, holding that no exception to the final judgment rule, including the death knell exception, the collateral order exception, nor the judicial economy exception, applied in this case.