Difference between revisions of "How Do I Appeal an Interim Supreme Court Decision?"

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Appeals of ''Divorce Act'' orders must be made within 30 days by filing a Notice of Appeal from the Court of Appeal forms. Appeals of orders made under the Supreme Court Family Rules or the ''Family Law Act'' must be made within 30 days by filing a Notice of Application for Leave to Appeal from the Court of Appeal forms.
Appeals of ''Divorce Act'' orders must be made within 30 days by filing a Notice of Appeal from the Court of Appeal forms. Appeals of orders made under the Supreme Court Family Rules or the ''Family Law Act'' must be made within 30 days by filing a Notice of Application for Leave to Appeal from the Court of Appeal forms.


The requirements for the remainder of the appeal process are set out in the Court of Appeal Rules and are fairly complicated, and you should seriously consider hiring a lawyer to help you with your appeal.
The requirements for the remainder of the appeal process are set out in the Court of Appeal Rules and are fairly complicated, and you should seriously consider hiring a lawyer to help you with your appeal. If there is urgency to your appeal you should consider the Practice Directive "[https://www.bccourts.ca/Court_of_Appeal/practice_and_procedure/civil_and_criminal_practice_directives/PDF/(CandC)Expediting_Appeals.pdf Expedited Appeals]."


It's important to know that filing a Notice of Appeal does not, on its own, operate to cancel the order pending the appeal. You can, if you want, apply to the judge who made the order for an order that the order <span class="noglossary">will</span> be ''suspended'' until the appeal is heard.
It's important to know that filing a Notice of Appeal does not, on its own, operate to cancel the order pending the appeal. You can, if you want, apply to the judge who made the order for an order that the order <span class="noglossary">will</span> be ''suspended'' until the appeal is heard.

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