COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
 
                      COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
 
                           NO. 84652
 
 
BEN J. COOPER                :
                             :          JOURNAL ENTRY
    Plaintiff-Appellee       :
                             :               and
          vs.                :
                             :             OPINION
VIVIAN E. COOPER             :
                             :
    Defendant-Appellant      :
 
 
 
 
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                      February 17, 2005
 
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:          Civil appeal from
                                  Common Pleas Court
                                  Domestic Relations Division
                                  Case No. D-273222
 
JUDGMENT:                         DISMISSED
 
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:           _______________________
 
APPEARANCES:
 
For Plaintiff-Appellee:           RAMON BASIE
                                  15381 Brewster Road
                                  East Cleveland, Ohio 44112
 
For Defendant-Appellant:          VIVIAN E. COOPER, PRO SE
                                  3051 East 128th Street
                                  Cleveland, Ohio 44120
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ANTHONY O. CALABRESE, JR., J.:
 
    Defendant-appellant Vivian E. Cooper appeals from various
 
rulings by the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic
 
Relations Division, in relation to her divorce from plaintiff-
 
appellee Ben J. Cooper. For the reasons stated below, the case is
 
dismissed for lack of a final appealable order.
 
    This court has jurisdiction to "review, affirm, modify, set
 
aside, or reverse judgments or final orders. " R.C. 2501.02. A
 
judgment apportioning pension benefits between ex-spouses is not a
 
final order until a Qualified Domestic Relations Order ("QDRO") is
 
entered that disposes of all the retirement benefits.    Lyddy v.
 
Lyddy (1989), 64 Ohio App.3d 561.
 
    In the case sub judice, the judgment entry issued by the court
 
states:   "The Wife 's share to the Husband 's pension shall be
 
ordered by a separate order called a Qualified Domestic Relations
 
Order." The record indicates that the QDRO was not entered prior
 
to the instant appeal. Therefore, we are without jurisdiction to
 
review the case. Batt v. Batt, Cuyahoga App. Nos. 82740 and 83452,
 
2004-Ohio-1680.
 
    Appeal dismissed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     It is ordered that appellee recover of appellant his costs
 
herein taxed.
 
     It is ordered that a special mandate be sent to the Cuyahoga
 
County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division,
 
directing said court 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.
 
 
 
 
                                     ANTHONY O. CALABRESE, JR.
                                               JUDGE
 
 
FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., P.J., and
 
KENNETH A. ROCCO, J.,        CONCUR.
 
 
 
 
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. 22. 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
clerk per App.R. 22(E). See, also S.Ct.Prac.R. II, Section
2(A)(1).
 
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