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Appeals can be sought when a Court has issued its final order and/or when a decision has been certified for interlocutory appeal. The nuances of when an appeal can be filed and what types of orders can be appealed have been explored in previous blog posts. Once an appeal is filed and the process has concluded, there may still be…
All final orders of a Indiana trial courts are appealable by right, meaning that the Court of Appeals must review the merits of your appeal and issues a Decision thereon.1 The Supreme Court (of Indiana or the United States) has discretionary review of most types of cases (there are some that the Supreme Court must review, but generally those do…
Sometimes, a civil or criminal case may seem like litigation is taking longer than expected. There are often motions to continue to reschedule (called Motions to Continue) on the part of each party, joint motions by both parties, and sometimes even by the trial court because of a conflict or another case must be heard first or takes longer than…
During an appeal, the process begins by the appealing party (appellant) filing his or her notice of appeal. This form includes information about the lower court proceeding including the appellant’s information, the date and title of the Order, and the days of the hearing so a transcript can be prepared. The clock is then tolling with each side having the…
The process of perfecting an appeal, as discussed in previous blog posts, is often a complex one, with numerous rules and time limitations.1 The general trigger to file an appeal is that the order being appealed is a final order.2 There are, however, exceptions to this final order rule. An interlocutory order is an order of the court that is…
The American Judicial System is generally based on the premise that each party pays his or her own attorneys fees unless there is a statute or contract that otherwise rules-in fact, this practice is known as the American Rule. However, there can be instances in lower courts where one party is able to recover attorney fees from the other. For…
The American court system is one filled with deadlines: deadlines for discovery to find out important information to proceed with a case to trial, deadlines for filings of numerous types, and to begin with, deadlines for initiating a lawsuit. There are numerous rules in the court system regarding statutes of limitation and when one can timely file a lawsuit (or…
Anyone who has watched a courtroom drama, live or a replayed actual trial, or been involved in a civil or criminal matter, probably has some general sense that trial court judges make many rulings or orders. A simple directive (local rule) for a litigant to attend a parenting class during a divorce is an order of a court. Rulings made…
At , one of many aspects about Indiana law we can relay with pride to our clients, along with members of the public, bench and bar in other states, is Indiana has one of the most efficient intermediate courts, the Indiana Court of Appeals, in the United States. And, correspondingly, the highest Court, the Indiana Supreme Court is known throughout…
What’s An Oral Argument Held in Conjunction with an Appeal? Do I Want One? Can I Get One? Relative to almost two million criminal and civil cases handled in Indiana trial courts currently, appeals are very rare in statistical terms. According to the 2010 Annual Report of the Court of Appeals of Indiana, there were only 4,392 appeals filed and…