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.
809.104 Appeal of decisions relating to electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
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.
809.108 Appeals in proceedings related to political subdivision approvals.
809.11 Rule (Items to be filed and transmitted).
809.12 Rule (Motion for relief pending appeal).
809.13 Rule (Intervention).
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).
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 documents by traditional methods).
809.801 Rule (Appellate electronic filing).
809.802 Rule (Service on the state in certain proceedings).
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 (Continuation, appearance, substitution or withdrawal of counsel).
809.86 Rule (Identification of victims and others in briefing, petitions for review, and responses to petitions for review).
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) “
Bookmark" means a hyperlink allowing the reader to quickly navigate to different sections of a document.
809.01(4)
(4) “
Clerk of court" or “clerk" means the clerk of the supreme court and court of appeals.
809.01(5)
(5) “
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(6)
(6) “
Converted" means that all documents in a paper case file have been imaged by the clerk of court and the case file is available to accept filings via the electronic filing system.
809.01(7)
(7) “
Court" means the court of appeals or, if the appeal or other proceeding is in the supreme court, the supreme court.
809.01(8)
(8) “
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).