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(a) A petition for certification in accordance with chapters 124 and 440 of the General Statutes shall be filed with the appellate clerk by the party aggrieved by the decision of the trial court within twenty days from the issuance of notice of the decision of the trial court. All petitions for certification to appeal shall be filed and all fees paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 60-7 or which, if granted, would render the trial court judgment ineffective, as, for example, a motion for a new trial, then the twenty days shall run from the issuance of notice of the decision thereon. The petitioner shall deliver a copy of the petition to every other party in the manner set forth in Section 62-7. The appellate clerk will send notice of the filing to the trial judge and the clerk of the trial court that rendered the decision sought to be appealed.
(b) Any other party aggrieved by the decision of the trial court may file a cross petition within ten days of the filing of the original petition. The filing of cross petitions, including the payment of the fee, service pursuant to Section 62-7, the form of the cross petition, and all subsequent proceedings shall be the same as though the cross petition were an original petition.
(c) The filing of a petition or cross petition by one party shall be deemed to be a filing on behalf of that party only.
(d) No petition or opposition shall be filed after the expiration of the time for its filing unless the filer demonstrates good cause for its untimeliness in a separate section captioned "good cause for late filing." No amendment to a petition or opposition shall be filed without permission of the court.
Notes
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4142.) (Amended Sept. 22, 2004, to take effect Jan. 1, 2005; amended May 4, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007; amended Sept. 16, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended June 15, 2016, to take effect Sept. 30, 2016; amended July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.)
HISTORY-2026: In the second sentence of the second paragraph of subsection (a), "trial judge and the clerk of the trial court that rendered the decision sought to be appealed" replaced "clerk of the original trial court and to the clerk of any trial courts to which the matter was transferred." What is now subsection (d) was added.
COMMENTARY-2026: The purpose of these amendments is to codify the practice of the Office of the Appellate Clerk of sending a copy of the petition to the trial judge and the clerk of the trial court that rendered the decision that is the subject of the prospective appeal, and to reinstate the good cause requirement for the filing of a late petition or opposition.