SCOPE OF RULES

These Rules govern the procedure for review of any judgment, order, or ruling by a Unified Criminal Docket, the District Court, the Superior Court, the Business and Consumer Docket, the Probate Courts, a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, or consideration of a question certified by the federal courts, which is by law reviewable by the Law Court. They shall be construed to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every appeal. The restyled Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure shall apply to all appeals in which the notice of appeal is filed on or after September 1, 2017.