Appellate Practice

Practitioner Materials: Appeals Timeline

NOTICE OF APPEAL
(Due 30 days after final order of district or juvenile court)

TRANSCRIPT REQUEST
(Due 10 days after filing of notice of appeal)

DOCKETING STATEMENT
(Due 21 days after filing of notice of appeal)

RECORD/RECORD INDEX

APPELLANT'S BRIEF
(Due 40 days after filing of record/record index)

APPELLEE'S BRIEF
(Due 30 days after filing of appellant's brief)

CASE AT ISSUE, READY TO CALENDAR

APPELLANT'S REPLY BRIEF
(Optional, due 30 days after filing of appellee's brief)

ORAL ARGUMENT

UNDER ADVISEMENT

OPINION FILED

PETITION FOR REHEARING
(Optional, due 14 days after opinion issued)

REMITTITUR
(As a general rule, issues 15 days after opinion filed in Supreme Court
and 30 days after opinion filed in Court of Appeals)