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).
809.105 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).
809.15 Rule (Record on appeal).
809.16 Rule (Transcript of reporter's notes).
809.17 Rule (Expedited appeals program and pre-submission 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
FELONY APPEAL PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS
809.30 Rule (Appeals in felony cases).
809.31 Rule (Release on bond pending seeking postconviction relief).
809.32 Rule (No merit reports).
SUBCHAPTER IV
CHAPTERS 48,
51,
55 AND 799, TRAFFIC REGULATION, MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION, AND MISDEMEANOR CASES APPEAL
PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS
809.40 Rule (Applicability).
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).
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.
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.
