E-filing

The Supreme Court’s Technology Department has done it again. Quietly adding even more features to the appellate courts’ electronic filings site, www.ncappellatecourts.org

The filing site has long allowed attorneys

Continue Reading Christmas in September: New Features Added to North Carolina’s Appellate Filing Website

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of North Carolina published an order amending Appellate Rule 26.  New Appellate Rule 26 permits appellate documents filed in the trial court using Odyssey’s e-filing

Continue Reading Appellate Rule Amendment: Service of Appellate Documents in the Trial Court Using Odyssey

As noted previously, the 2022 Appellate Rules amendments contemplate that the entire record on appeal should be filed electronically during a single e-filing session. Yet, when those amendments were
Continue Reading Shiny New Things: Electronically Filing the Entire Record on Appeal; Oral Arguments Available by Podcast

In April 2017, the General Assembly surprised appellate stakeholders by adopting legislation shifting a subclass of Rule 3.1 juvenile appeals—Termination of Parental Rights (“TPR”) appeals—to the Supreme Court’s mandatory direct
Continue Reading Operation Rule 3.1: Supreme Court Hosts CLE

You already know that the Supreme Court adopted numerous amendments to the Rules of Appellate Procedure at the end of 2018. However, some of the most significant changes are occurring
Continue Reading Appellate Rules Amendments Bring Modifications to E-filing System