Memorandum in Response to Memorandum in Support of Jurisdiction

(A) Deadline for filing (1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this rule, an appellee may file a memorandum in response to a memorandum in support of jurisdiction within thirty days after an appellant’s memorandum in support of jurisdiction is filed. (2) If the appeal involves termination of parental rights or adoption of a minor child, or both, or the setting or denial of bail, any memorandum in response shall be filed within twenty days after the memorandum in support of jurisdiction is filed. (3) If more than one memorandum in support of jurisdiction is timely filed, the time period for filing any memorandum in response specified in this rule commences the day the last memorandum in support of jurisdiction was timely filed. (B) Page limitation and contents of memorandum (1) Except in postconviction death-penalty cases, a memorandum in response to a memorandum in support of jurisdiction shall not exceed fifteen numbered pages, exclusive of the table of contents, the signature block, and the certificate of service; shall not include any attachments; and shall contain both of the following: (a) A statement of the appellee’s position as to whether a substantial constitutional question is involved, whether leave to appeal in a felony case should be granted, or whether the case is of public or great general interest; (b) A brief and concise argument in support of the appellee’s position regarding each proposition of law raised in the memorandum in support of jurisdiction. An appellee shall not submit additional or contrary propositions of law, but shall only respond to the propositions of law contained in the appellant’s memorandum in support of jurisdiction. 47 In a postconviction death-penalty case, there is no page limit, and there is no (2) requirement as to contents for a memorandum in response to a memorandum in support of jurisdiction. (C) Multiple memoranda and time for response If two or more memoranda in support of jurisdiction are filed in a case, the appellee shall file only one memorandum in response. The time specified in division (A) of this rule for filing the memorandum in response shall be calculated from the date the last memorandum in support of jurisdiction was filed in the case. 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, 2015; April 1, 2025