Terms Used In Iowa Code 600.14

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
600.14 Appeal — rules.
1. An appeal from any final order or decree rendered under this chapter or chapter 600A shall be taken in the same manner as an appeal is taken from a final judgment under the rules of civil procedure. However, a rule of civil procedure provision regarding a minimum amount of value in controversy shall not bar an adoption appeal. The supreme court shall review an adoption appeal de novo.
2. The supreme court may adopt rules which provide for the expediting of contested cases under this chapter and chapter 600A.
[C77, 79, 81, §600.14]
94 Acts, ch 1174, §9, 22; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127