Difference between revisions of "How Do I Appeal a Final Supreme Court Decision?"

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You have 30 days from the time you filed your Appeal Record to file your factum. A factum, which is to be prepared in Form 10 of the Court of Appeal forms, is your written argument as to why the appeal court should make the order you want.
You have 30 days from the time you filed your Appeal Record to file your factum. A factum, which is to be prepared in Form 10 of the Court of Appeal forms, is your written argument as to why the appeal court should make the order you want.


Factums contain five parts:
Factums contain seven parts:


#'''Index:'''
#'''Chronology:'''
#'''Opening Statement:'''
#'''Statement of facts:''' A statement of the facts of the appeal, as the trial judge found them to be.
#'''Statement of facts:''' A statement of the facts of the appeal, as the trial judge found them to be.
#'''Errors in judgment:''' A statement as to how you think the trial judge erred in law.
#'''Errors in judgment:''' A statement as to how you think the trial judge erred in law.

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