M.C. v. K.B.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““(A) Direct appeal to appellate courts. “(1) Appeals from final orders, judgments or decrees of the juvenile court shall be to the appropriate appellate court, subject to the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, if: “(a) A record certified as adequate by the juvenile court judge or a stipulation of facts is available and the right to a jury trial has been exercised or waived by all parties entitled thereto; or, “(b) The parties stipulate that only questions of law are involved and the juvenile court certifies the questions. “(B) Appeal to circuit court. Appeals from final orders, judgments or decrees in all other cases, including those cases in which there is not an adequate record as provided in subsection (A) of this rule, shall be to the circuit court for trial de novo and the case shall be heard by a different circuit judge if heard by a circuit judge in the first instance in the juvenile court. “(C) Notice of appeal. Written notice of appeal shall be filed within fourteen (lk) days of the judgment, order or decree appealed from, whether the appeal is to an appellate court or to the circuit court for trial de novo.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. M.C.S. v. State ex rel. A.H.