(1) Prior to the time the complete record on appeal is settled and certified as provided by law, any appealing party may docket the appeal in order to make in the Supreme Court a motion for dismissal, a stay pending appeal, an application for or reduction of bail bond, an order to proceed in forma pauperis, or for any intermediate order.
(2) The clerk of the trial court, at the request of the appealing party, shall certify and transmit to the appellate court a copy of such portion of the record of proceedings as may be available or needed for that purpose.