Rules of Appellate Procedure | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

APPENDIX A: FORMS

Rule : FORM 1. NOTICE OF APPEAL

Rule : Form 2: PETITION FOR DIRECT APPELLATE REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

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A. APPLICABILITY OF RULES

Rule 1: Scope and Construction of Rules.

Rule 2: Suspension of Rules.

B. APPEAL AS OF RIGHT

Rule 3: Appeal as of Right: Availability; Method of Initiation.

Rule 4: Appeal as of Right: Time for Filing Notice of Appeal.

Rule 5: Appeal as of Right: Service of Notice of Appeal; Docketing of the Appeal.

Rule 6: Security for Costs on Appeal.

Rule 7: Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal.

Rule 8: Release in Criminal Cases.

Rule 8A: Appeal as of Right in Termination of Parental Rights Cases

C. APPEAL BY PERMISSION

Rule 9: Interlocutory Appeal by Permission from the Trial Court.

Rule 10: Extraordinary Appeal by Permission on Original Application in the Appellate Court.

Rule 11: Appeal by Permission from Appellate Court to Supreme Court.

D. DIRECT APPELLATE REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

Rule 12: Direct Review of Administrative Proceedings by the Court of Appeals.

E. PRACTICE ON APPEAL

Rule 13: Scope of Review.

Rule 14: Consideration of Post-Judgment Facts in the Appellate Court.

Rule 15: Voluntary Dismissal.

Rule 16: Joint and Consolidated Appeals.

Rule 17: Transfer of Cases Appealed to the Wrong Court.

Rule 18: Appeals by Indigent Persons.

Rule 19: Substitution, Addition and Dropping of Parties.

Rule 20: Filing and Service of Papers.

Rule 20A: Facsimile Filing

Rule 20B: Public Access to Appellate Court Filings and Privacy Protection.

Rule 21: Computation and Extension of Time.

Rule 22: Motions.

Rule 23: Duty of Clerk to Give Notice of Filed Orders.

F. THE RECORD ON APPEAL

Rule 24: Content and Preparation of the Record.

Rule 25: Completion and Transmission of the Record.

Rule 26: Filing of the Record.

G. BRIEFS

Rule 27: Content of Briefs.

Rule 28: Optional Appendix to the Briefs.

Rule 29: Filing and Service of Briefs.

Rule 30: Form of Briefs and Other Papers.

Rule 31: Brief and Oral Argument of an Amicus Curiae.

Rule 32: Notice to Attorney General When Validity of Statute, Rule or Regulation Is Questioned.

H. HEARING OF APPEALS

Rule 33: Prehearing Conference.

Rule 34: Voluntary Mediation.

Rule 35: Conduct of Oral Argument.

I. DISPOSITION OF APPEALS

Rule 36: Relief; Effect of Error.

Rule 37: [ Reserved. ]

Rule 38: Entry of Judgment; Copies of Opinion and Judgment.

Rule 39: Rehearing.

Rule 40: Costs.

Rule 41: Interest on Judgments.

Rule 42: Issuance, Stay, and Recall of Mandates From the Appellate Court.

Rule 43: Filing of Mandate in the Trial Court and Proceedings Thereafter.

Rule 44: Process in the Appellate Court.

J. RULES BY THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURTS

Rule 45: Rules by the Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals.

Rule 46: [ Reserved. ]

K. TITLE; FORMS; EFFECTIVE DATE

Rule 47: Title.

Rule 48: Forms.

Rule 49: Effective Date.