COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA NO. 74191 CAROL ANN KOFOL : : Plaintiff-appellee : : JOURNAL ENTRY vs. : and : OPINION AUGUST KOFOL : : Defendant-appellant : : DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION : JUNE 17, 1999 CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING : Civil appeal from : Court of Common Pleas : Domestic Relations Division : Case No. D-243892 JUDGMENT : DISMISSED. DATE OF JOURNALIZATION : APPEARANCES: For plaintiff-appellee: MARGARET KAZDIN STANARD MEGAN J. CORSI Attorneys at Law Reid, Berry & Stanard 1300 Illuminating Building 55 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44113 For defendant-appellant: THOMAS M. MORONEY Attorney at Law 1230 Standard Building 1370 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1739 KENNETH A. ROCCO, J.: -2- The lower court, in its judgment entry issued February 24, 1998, ordered, inter alia: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the parties' retirement benefits shall be divided through Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO). Counsel for the Plaintiff shall, within thirty (30) days, prepare a QDRO which divides the marital portion of the Defendant's Key Corp Cash Balance Pension Plan and his 401(K). Counsel for Defendant shall, within thirty (30) days, prepare a QDRO which divides the Plaintiff's PraxAir Retire- ment Program Plan and Advanced Ceramics Cor- poration Retirement Plan and Severance Pay Plan in conformity with this Judgment Entry. The Court shall retain continuing jurisdiction to effectuate this order. Since neither appellant nor appellee has filed the requisite judgment entry, no final appealable order exists and this court is without jurisdiction to rule on the appeal. -3- It is ordered that appellee and appellant share equally in the costs herein taxed. The Court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal. It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this Court directing the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, to carry this judgment into execution. A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. JAMES M. PORTER, A.J. and TERRENCE O'DONNELL, J. CONCUR JUDGE KENNETH A. ROCCO N.B. This entry is an announcement of the court's decision. See App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and 26(A); Loc.App.R. 27. This decision will be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the court pursuant to App.R. 22(E) unless a motion for reconsideration with supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10) days of the announcement of the court's decision. The time period for review by the Supreme Court of Ohio shall begin to run upon the journalization of this court's announcement of decision by the .