Jurisdictional Memorandum of Friend of the Court

(A) General (1) A friend of the court may file a jurisdictional memorandum urging the Supreme Court to accept or decline to accept a jurisdictional appeal. Leave to file an amicus memorandum is not required. (2) An amicus memorandum shall conform to the requirements of Section 7, except that a copy of the court of appeals opinion and judgment entry is not required to be attached to the amicus memorandum. (3) A friend of the court shall not submit additional or contrary propositions of law, but shall only address the propositions of law contained in the appellant’s memorandum in support of jurisdiction. 49 (B) Deadline for filing (1) An amicus memorandum in support of jurisdiction shall be filed no later than seven days after the appellant’s deadline for perfecting an appeal to the Supreme Court in a case that involves the termination of parental rights or adoption of a minor child, or both, and no later than fourteen days after the appellant’s deadline for perfecting an appeal to the Supreme Court in all other cases. An amicus memorandum in response to a memorandum in support of jurisdiction (2) may be filed no later than the appellee’s deadline for filing a memorandum in response. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall refuse to file an amicus memorandum that is (3) not timely received. Effective Date: June 1, 1994 Amended: April 1, 1996; April 1, 2000; April 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; January 1, 2008; January 1, 2010; January 1, 2013; January 1, 2023; April 1, 2025