2009 Chapter 809

CHAPTER 809

RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

SUBCHAPTER I

DEFINITIONS

809.01 Rule (Definitions).

SUBCHAPTER II

CIVIL APPEAL PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS

809.10 Rule (Initiating the appeal).

809.103 Appeals in proceedings related to prisoners.

809.105 Appeals in proceedings related to parental consent prior to performance of abortion.

809.107 Appeals in proceedings related to termination of parental rights.

809.11 Rule (Items to be filed and forwarded).

809.12 Rule (Motion for relief pending appeal).

809.13 Rule (Intervention).

809.14 Rule (Motions).

809.15 Rule (Record on appeal).

809.17 Rule (Expedited appeals program, voluntary alternative dispute resolution and presubmission conference).

809.18 Rule (Voluntary dismissal).

809.19 Rule (Briefs and appendix).

809.20 Rule (Assignment and advancement of cases).

809.21 Rule (Summary disposition).

809.22 Rule (Oral argument).

809.23 Rule (Publication of opinions).

809.24 Rule (Reconsideration).

809.25 Rule (Costs and fees).

809.26 Rule (Remittitur).

SUBCHAPTER III

APPEAL PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS
IN S. 971.17 PROCEEDINGS AND IN CRIMINAL
AND CH. 48, 51, 55, 938, AND 980 CASES

809.30 Rule (Appeals in s. 971.17 proceedings and in criminal, ch. 48, 51, 55, 938, and 980 cases).

809.31 Rule (Release on bond pending seeking postconviction relief).

809.32 Rule (No merit reports).

SUBCHAPTER IV

APPEAL PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS
IN TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS,
CH. 799, TRAFFIC REGULATION,
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION, AND
PARENTAL CONSENT TO ABORTION CASES

809.40 Rule (Appeals in termination of parental rights, ch. 799, traffic regulation, municipal ordinance violation, and parental consent to abortion cases).

809.41 Rule (Motion for 3-judge panel or hearing in county of origin).

809.42 Rule (Waiver of oral argument).

809.43 Rule (Number of briefs).

SUBCHAPTER V

DISCRETIONARY JURISDICTION PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS

809.50 Rule (Appeal from judgment or order not appealable as of right).

809.51 Rule (Supervisory writ and original jurisdiction to issue prerogative writ).

809.52 Rule (Temporary relief).

SUBCHAPTER VI

APPELLATE PROCEDURE IN SUPREME COURT

809.60 Rule (Petition to bypass).

809.61 Rule (Bypass by certification of court of appeals or upon motion of supreme court).

809.62 Rule (Petition for review).

809.63 Rule (Procedure in supreme court).

809.64 Rule (Reconsideration).

SUBCHAPTER VII

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION PROCEDURE
IN SUPREME COURT

809.70 Rule (Original action).

809.71 Rule (Supervisory writ).

SUBCHAPTER VIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES IN COURT OF APPEALS AND SUPREME COURT

809.80 Rule (Filing and service of papers).

809.81 Rule (Form of papers).

809.82 Rule (Computation and enlargement of time).

809.83 Rule (Penalties for delay or noncompliance with rules).

809.84 Rule (Applicability of rules of civil procedure).

809.85 Rule (Counsel to continue).

subch. I of ch. 809 SUBCHAPTER I

DEFINITIONS

809.01 809.01  Rule (Definitions). In this chapter:

809.01(1) (1) "Appeal" means a review in an appellate court by appeal or writ of error authorized by law of a judgment or order of a circuit court.

809.01(2) (2) "Appellant" means a person who files a notice of appeal.

809.01(3) (3) "Co-appellant" means a person who files a notice of appeal in an action or proceeding in which a notice of appeal has previously been filed by another person and whose interests are not adverse to that person.

809.01(4) (4) "Court" means the court of appeals or, if the appeal or other proceeding is in the supreme court, the supreme court.

809.01(5) (5) "Cross-appellant" means a respondent who files a notice of cross-appeal or a respondent who files a statement of objections under s. 808.075 (8).

809.01(5d) (5d) "Monospaced font" means a font in which each character uses an equal amount of horizontal space.

809.01(5g) (5g) "Proportional font" means a font in which the horizontal space used by a character varies.

809.01(6) (6) "Respondent" means a person adverse to the appellant or co-appellant.

809.01(8) (8) "Serif font" means a font that has short ornaments or bars at the upper and lower ends of the main strokes of the characters.

809.01(8m) (8m) "Sixty characters per full line" means the length of a nonindented line of 13 point proportional serif font characters determined by using a line composed of a repeating string of lowercase characters in alphabetical order.

809.01(12) (12) "Word" means a group consisting of one or more alphabetical characters with a space or punctuation mark preceding and succeeding the group.