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WV SB620

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tom Willis

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the existing four-month deadline for filing appeal petitions from circuit court judgments, along with provisions allowing judges to grant extensions of up to two months

  • Transfers authority over appeal timing requirements to the Supreme Court of Appeals through its rulemaking power

  • Filing deadlines for notices of appeal, perfecting appeals, and related documents for both the Intermediate Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Appeals will now be governed by court-promulgated rules rather than statute

  • Updates statutory language to reflect that appeals are no longer initiated by filing a "petition"

Legislative Description

Relating to time for appeal in Intermediate Court of Appeals

Courts

Last Action

To Judiciary

2/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/27/2025

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