Contents of petition for appeal.

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15-26A-14. Contents of petition for appeal.

The petition shall be captioned in the Supreme Court and entitled as in the circuit court. It shall contain:

(1)A statement of facts necessary to understand the question presented;

(2)A statement of the question itself;

(3)The relief sought;

(4)A concise statement, without argument, of law in support of the request;

(5)The reasons why the appeal should be allowed;

(6)Other papers and exhibits petitioner deems relevant and material; and

(7)All papers must conform to typeface specified in §15-26A-66. Except by the Court's permission, a petition or response may not exceed 10 pages, exclusive of the accompanying documents required by subdivisions 15-26A-15(1), (2) and (3).

Source: Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 5 (2); SDCL Supp, §15-26A-6; Supreme Court Rule 80-3; Supreme Court Rule 82-14; SL 2005, ch 292 (Supreme Court Rule 05-06), effective Feb. 25, 2005; SL 2013, ch 262 (Supreme Court Rule 13-01), eff. Feb. 14, 2013.


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