A motion to stay and a notice of appeal? Help!?

The other parent in my case has filed an appeal and a motion to stay the court order. Now, in the notice of appeal, the reason for the appeal and the specific parts of the court order being appealed were not listed. Can this be thrown out on a technicality? Also, for the motion to stay we will be going back in front of the same judge (who already ruled in our favor for the most part). How often is a motion to stay granted?