How do I appeal a family law ruling?
You file a Notice of AppealThis is a document filed in the superior court that a party will be appealing the Court’s ruling. See ARCAP Rule 8 and ARCAP Rule 9. The filing of the Notice of Appeal starts the appeal.Read more about Notice of Appeal in your existing case in the Superior Court. The Superior Court will then notify the Court of AppealsThis is the Court that hears appeals and special actions from the decisions made by the superior court. A panel of three judges reviews each appeal and issues a ruling. The Arizona Supreme Court is the only state court higher than the Court of Appeals.Read more about Court of Appeals. You will also be responsible for getting a transcript of the TrialA court hearing in which evidence and testimony are taken, and the Court makes a final determination of the issues raised in a petition. Trials and evidentiary hearings are somewhat synonymous, but the difference is one of scope: Evidentiary hearings are more limited in scope…Read more about Trial (and any other hearings you want the Court to consider) transcribed and filed with the Court of Appeals. The Court of AppealsThis is the Court that hears appeals and special actions from the decisions made by the superior court. A panel of three judges reviews each appeal and issues a ruling. The Arizona Supreme Court is the only state court higher than the Court of Appeals.Read more about Court of Appeals will notify when your Case Management Statement and Opening BriefThis is the first brief filed in the Appeal, and it is where the Appellant makes their case of how the trial court erred in handling their case.Read more about Opening Brief are due.
