WHAT IF I WANT TO APPEAL A CIVIL COURTS DECISION THAT IS NOT FINAL AS TO ALL ISSUES AND PARTIES IN A CASE (INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS)?
Many court decisions fail to decide all issues in a case as to all parties and thus, are not generally considered final judgments or orders. If you do not have a final judgment or order, you do not likely have standing to take an appeal and must take further steps, such as filing a motion, to perfect your appeal. Appeals of decisions that do not resolve all issues in the case as to all parties are called interlocutory appeals. Interlocutory appeals generally require the party taking the appeal to file a motion with the New Jersey Appellate Division asking it to permit the party appealing to appeal the decision. The motion generally must be made within 20 days of the service of the judgment, order or decision. Motion practice in the New Jersey Appellate Division has its own set of rules that a party must follow when filing such motions. Another approach that might be available to a party seeking to appeal an order which is not considered final is to file a motion with the trial court as
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- WHAT IF I WANT TO APPEAL A CIVIL COURTS DECISION THAT IS NOT FINAL AS TO ALL ISSUES AND PARTIES IN A CASE (INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS)?
