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Family,
Appellate Practice

Dec. 13, 2021

Understanding the difference between family law and civil appeals

Appellate lawyers who do not routinely handle family law appeals may puzzle over unfamiliar statutes and rules applicable in marital dissolutions.

Victoria E. Fuller

Partner
Niddrie Addams Fuller Singh LLP

Email: vfuller@appealfirm.com

Victoria is a certified specialist in appellate law.

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Of the tens of thousands of family law cases processed by superior courts each year, only a handful of them make their way to trial, much less appeal. But when they do, family law attorneys may puzzle over unfamiliar procedures governing post-trial procedures. Appellate lawyers who do not routinely handle family law appeals may puzzle over unfamiliar statutes and rules applicable in marital dissolutions.

In many respects, family law appeal...

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