If your appeal is important to you, you may and should still try and seek relief. I have seen the Court of Appeal grant relief under scenarios...

I filed an appeal in the Judicial Court and unknowingly missed the appeal filing deadline. The judge dismissed my case.

It is very unclear in what court you are in or what the actual requirement is that you are asking about. Depending on the forum, the date for...

What is considered abandonment of your children?? the mother of my grand children has not seen or contacted them for 6 months

You have asked a question that does raise a number of issues which can be answered and addressed by an experienced family law and specifically,...

I am the victim of a fraudulent forclosure. The foreclosure and all the documents were on a property in Jacksonville.

I practice in California and do not know Florida procedure at all, and really have very little idea about the procedural posture in your case. ...

The lawyer failed to appeal for the client

I would get to an experienced appeals attorney as quickly as possible. Often a trial attorney believes the time to appeal has passed and the time...

The statement by the judge that "she had not grounds to appeal," is not the same as stating whether there is an appealable order. So an appeal may...

Regarding California civil appeals.

Generally speaking, an appeal is to challenge an order of the court. Whether there was an opposing party or not may not be definitive. It would...

What is the likelihood of a mother losing custody of her child for dating/marrying a sex offender?

There is no way to give an absolute or correct answer to this question and legal counsel should immediately be consulted for an opinion. The...

My kids live with my mom right .now I want thim to come home.can I make them come home

I agree with my colleagues that this is not a simple question and requires much deep thought. I will add that a legal solution may not be the best...

Is there such a thing as asking for relief under CCP 473(b) on appeal?

As you probably know, any attorney cannot give you legal advice without reviewing your file. This is simply a general answer. Also, this is a...