Caring For Sick Father Does Not Excuse Missing Appellate Deadline.

In Ayusa v. Department of Workforce Services, the Utah Court of Appeals determined it lacked jurisdiction to hear an appeal because an unemployed worker had missed the appellate deadline for her unemployment benefits denial while she cared for her ailing father. Central to the court’s decision was the fact that the worker had delayed the appeal for three months and that there was no credible evidence that she “‘could not have taken the few moments necessary to file an appeal'” during that time frame.