Introduction
Information for Nonlawyers
How To Use This Book
Proposed Rule Changes Adopted by General Assembly
A. Applicability of Rules
Rule 1. Scope and Construction of Rules
Rule 2. Suspension of Rules
B. Appeal as of Right
Rule 3. Appeal as of Right; Availability; Method of Initiation
Rule 4. Appeal as of Right; Time for Filing Notice of Appeal.
Rule 5. Appeal as of Right: Service of Notice of Appeal; Docketing of the Appeal
Rule 6. Security for Costs on Appeal
Rule 7. Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal
Rule 8. Release in Criminal Cases
Rule 8A. Appeal as of Right in Termination of Parental Rights Cases
C. Appeal by Permission
Rule 9. Interlocutory Appeal by Permission from the Trial Court
Rule 10. Extraordinary Appeal by Permission on Original Application in the Appellate Court
Rule 11. Appeal by Permission from Appellate Court to Supreme Court
D. Direct Appellate Review of Administrative Proceedings
Rule 12. Direct Review of Administrative Proceedings by the Court of Appeals
E. Practice on Appeal
Rule 13. Scope of Review
Rule 14. Consideration of Post-Judgment Facts in the Appellate Court
Rule 15. Voluntary Dismissal
Rule 16. Joint and Consolidated Appeals
Rule 17. Transfer of Cases Appealed to the Wrong Court
Rule 18. Appeals by Indigent Persons
Rule 19. Substitution, Addition and Dropping of Parties
Rule 20. Filing and Service of Papers
Rule 20A. Facsimile Filing
Rule 21. Computation and Extension of Time
Rule 22. Motions
Rule 23. Duty of Clerk to Give Notice of Filed Orders
F. The Record on Appeal
Rule 24. Content and Preparation of the Record
Rule 25. Completion and Transmission of the Record
Rule 26. Filing of the Record
G. Briefs
Rule 27. Content of Briefs
Rule 28. Optional Appendix to the Briefs
Rule 29. Filing and Service of Briefs
Rule 30. Form of Briefs and Other Papers
Rule 31. Brief and Oral Argument of an Amicus Curiae
Rule 32. Notice to Attorney General When Validity of Statute, Rule or Regulation Is Questioned
H. Hearing of Appeals
Rule 33. Prehearing Conference
Rule 34. Voluntary Mediation
Rule 35. Conduct of Oral Argument
I. Disposition of Appeals
Rule 36. Relief; Effect of Error
Rule 37. [Reserved.]
Rule 38. Entry of Judgment; Copies of Opinion and Judgment
Rule 39. Rehearing
Rule 40. Costs
Rule 41. Interest on Judgments
Rule 42. Issuance, Stay, and Recall of Mandates from the Appellate Court
Rule 43. Filing of Mandate in the Trial Court and Proceedings Thereafter
Rule 44. Process in the Appellate Court
J. Rules by the Intermediate Appellate Courts
Rule 45. Rules by the Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals
Rule 46. [Reserved.]
K. Title; Forms; Effective Date
Rule 47. Title
Rule 48. Forms
Rule 49. Effective Date
Appendix A. Forms
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