Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 5538

  • 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.

§ 5538. Appeals

Any party may appeal from a small claims judgment to Superior Court. The Chief Superior Judge shall assign the appeal to a Superior judge who shall not have participated in any way in the decision being appealed. The appeal shall be heard and decided, based on the record made in the small claims procedure. No appeal as of right exists to the Supreme Court. On motion made to the Supreme Court by a party to the action, the Supreme Court may allow an appeal from the Superior Court. (Added 1983, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1996; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 84; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. May 31, 2022.)