§ Rule 1.23 Commencement of appeal
Rule 1.23. Commencement of appeal
(a) Commencement. An appeal from a district court is commenced by:
(1) filing a petition in error with fourteen (14) copies with the Clerk of this Court within the time prescribed in Rule 1.21; and
(2) Remitting to the Clerk of the Supreme Court the cost deposit provided by statute, or if the appellant is an indigent, an affidavit in forma pauperis shall be filed concurrently with the petition in error. 20 O.S.Supp.1995 § 15. The affidavit shall be furnished by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, upon request, and shall be in substantial compliance with the form prescribed by Rule 1.301 Form No. 4.
Commencement of an appeal from certain trial court orders must comply with Rule 1.36.
(b) Timely Costs Mandatory. A petition in error will not be filed until the entire cost deposit, or a properly executed pauper's affidavit, is received by the Clerk of the Supreme Court. The cost deposit or pauper's affidavit must be received by the Clerk of the Supreme Court within the same thirty-day period for filing the petition in error (12 O.S.Supp.2000 § 990A(A)) for the tendered petition in error to be timely filed to commence an appeal. In an appeal brought by the State of Oklahoma, or by direction of any department of the State, cost deposit shall not be paid with the filing of the petition in error. 12 O.S.Supp.2000 § 66.
(c) Notice and Entry of Appearance. A copy of the petition in error shall be filed in the trial court and mailed to each party to the appeal, or to the party's counsel of record within the time prescribed for filing the petition in error. The mailing of the copy of the petition in error shall constitute notice of appeal, and no further notice of the appeal is required. Parties served with process or entering a general appearance in the trial court constitute parties to the appeal. Appellant must file an entry of appearance. See Rule 1.5. See Rules 1.23 and 1.25 for filing the petition in error and response thereto.
(d) Juvenile Appeals. An appeal from a District Court to the Oklahoma Supreme Court and involving a judgment or order issued pursuant to Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes in paternity proceedings, or Oklahoma Children's Code proceedings, or Oklahoma Juvenile Code proceedings, or Oklahoma Adoption Code proceedings, (sometimes referred to as a “juvenile
appeal”), shall be commenced by filing with the Supreme Court a petition in error with fourteen (14) copies with the Clerk of this Court within the time prescribed in Rule 1.21 and remitting to the Clerk of the Supreme Court the cost deposit provided by 20 O.S.Supp.2000 § 15, or if the appellant is indigent, an affidavit in forma pauperis shall be filed concurrently
with the petition in error. 12 O.S.Supp.2000 § 990A; 20 O.S.Supp.2000 § 15. Compliance with Okla.Sup.Ct.R. 1.23 (b), and (c) is required for juvenile appeals. See 10 O.S.1991 § 80 (paternity); 10 O.S.Supp.2000 § 7003-6.4 (Oklahoma Children's Code); 10 O.S.Supp.2000 § 7303-6.2 (Oklahoma Juvenile Code) and 10 O.S.Supp.2000 §§ 7505-2.1, 7505-4.1, & 7505-7.1 (Oklahoma Adoption Code).
In a juvenile appeal when the appellant is a minor represented by court-appointed counsel, that counsel may file, in lieu of remitting the cost deposit provided by 20 O.S.Supp.2000 § 15, an in forma pauperis affidavit stating that the minor is indigent to the best information and belief of counsel, and a certified copy of the order appointing counsel as the lawyer for the minor.
The affidavit and copy of the order of appointment shall be filed with the minor's petition in error.
Adopted July 10, 1996
Effective January 1, 1997