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In drafting appeals, the appellate attorney will request, receive, and review a typed transcript of and exhibits admitted at the hearing of which the Order is being appealed. This allows the appellate attorney, who may or may not have been the trial attorney, to review the record, gather information, and quote the hearing transcript as argument in the appellate briefs.…
Appellate practice is much different than trial practice. There are many differences between trial courts and how to present cases in the trial court, and appeals. First, trial courts are the first court (unless you have an administrative issue, which goes to the administrative agency first) to hear a case. There are many rules and practices to presenting evidence and…
Filings in the Indiana Court of Appeals involve a well-defined and specific structure, and are governed by strict rules1. From the first filing to the last, and all filings in between, there are specific people who must be served and a specific number of documents that must be filed. A panel of Justices for the Court of Appeals consists of…
In Indiana, there is a tiered court system, which means that cases will start out on the bottom rung, and the next higher court has more authority than the last. However, this also means that your case has to start at the right court, exhaust all resources there, before it is allowed to move on to the next if you…
In prior blog posts we have discussed the two types of opinions issued by the Indiana Court of Appeals, “for publication” and “not for publication.” Generally opinions issued “not for publication” or “NFP” are applicable to only the specific case at hand. Only the opinions that meet certain criteria are issued “for publication”, as follows: If the case: establishes, modifies,…
When a matter is ripe for appeal, there first must be a determination of which Court has jurisdiction. In many cases, the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction, and the briefs, appendix, and related filings will be reviewed by the Court of Appeals. This is generally true for final orders. In some cases, however, the jurisdiction goes straight to the Indiana…