Appellate Practice
Nov. 1, 2005
In Tricky Dance of Appeals, Timing of Filing Is Everything
Focus Column - By Margaret M. Grignon - In addition to death and taxes, it is also a certainty that the California Court of Appeal will order dismissal of an untimely appeal from an appealable order. This is not because the Court of Appeal is such a stickler for detail, but because the timeliness of the filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional and must be raised by the Court of Appeal on its own if it is not raised by the opposing party.
By Margaret M. Grignon
In addition to death and taxes, it is also a certainty that the California Court of Appeal will order dismissal of an untimely appeal from an appealable order. This is not because the Court of Appeal is such...
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